Posted on 06/16/2021 6:30:18 PM PDT by marshmallow
BARRINGTON, R.I. (WPRI) — A former monastery left vacant when the last nuns moved out has gone on the market for over $3 million, and now Barrington officials are seeking to buy the property.
With their numbers dwindling, the final six Roman Catholic sisters of the Discalced Carmelite order last year decided to vacate the location on Watson Avenue where they had lived a cloistered life of prayer since 1957.
“It’s really the only option available to us at this time,” one of the six, Sister Sue Lamb, told the Rhode Island Catholic in October. “We’ve lost about 14 sisters over the past few decades, some to death and some to nursing homes,” she added.
The nuns’ departure freed up a 7.16-acre property along Narragansett Bay in a neighborhood where nearby homes are assessed at over $1 million.
Chain links are now blocking the parking lot in front of the old monastery’s nearly 25,000-square-foot building where visitors used to park to attend Mass at its on-site chapel. It appears little landscaping is being done, though a prominent statute of the Virgin Mary still stands out front and other religious symbols remain in place.
The real-estate firm Lila Delman put the site on the market in May with an asking price of $3.5 million. “Developers/Builders take notice!” the listing says. “Many possibilities with this property.” (The town assesses the old monastery’s land at $2.1 million and its building at $3.1 million.)
Town Manager James Cunha said it’s the biggest parcel of land to come on the market in Barrington in at least five years.
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What kind of gender bending is going on wrt Monasteries v. Nunneries?
Nunya bidness!
The monastery in question was the home of Discalced Carmelites, who tend to be very orthodox and follow the strictest of lifestyles. You’d find no gender bending going in there.
I was wondering why they didn’t stop calling it a ‘former Monastery’, and start calling it a ‘Convent’?
Doesn’t matter now. It will probably be sold to a rich Muslim, who will no longer call the site a ‘Monastery’ in any way.
‘You’d find no gender bending going in there.’
true, but their feet get pretty dirty...
Thanks. “Convent” was the word I was looking for.
I don’t understand that life. It would seem they could do something in the community AND pray.
homes are assessed at over $1 million.
my 1600 sq ft row house in San Francisco was worth more than that 10 years ago.
Guess this is now one of those nun-free zones. Nun control gone horribly wrong.
You’re in good company, the pope does not understand it either.
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