![]() I have visited many stunning mansions and palaces around the world, and Rosecliff is easily one of my favorites, so much so I got married there. Definitely purchase the recorded guided tour. I do love most of the other mansions in Newport. It's a great way to advertise something AND get an entrance fee to see what you're selling. And I also suspect that's why the Chamber of Commerce/Visitor's Center directs everyone there even though it is NOT the second most spectacular mansion there is to see in Newport. The reason much is closed off is that people can actually rent out this location for private functions like weddings/receptions. The bedrooms are not that impressive, especially if you've seen the Breakers and even Marble House. The kitchen and more is closed off to visitors. Don't get me wrong - it is beautiful and the ballroom that you get to see is quite magnificent. It's spectacular, and clearly the best of all the mansions to visit. When you go to the Newport visitor center, they will tell you the Breakers and the Rosecliff are the two mansions you should see, if nothing else. Ok - this might get some rather bad reactions. We were glad we stopped at the Mansion at Rough Point which the Newport Preservation Foundation has done a terrific job in presenting and preserving. The charm of the gilded age has been diluted in this property. While the mansion is elegant and timeless, there is no sense of the people who summered there anymore. The day we visited was after some sort of event as the tent was still up and in disarray and the grand porch area outside the ballroom had random tables, chairs etc and should have been more presentable for those who paid for admission. ![]() Staff member said he didn’t know why they didn’t open the two end rooms, like they were in the past. Upstairs, only one room could be seen that kept the flavor of the mansion and the rest were being used for a museum exhibit, and all other rooms were closed off, and windows were covered. The rooms on the main floor you can visit are the entry, salon, ballroom, library, hallway and dining room. While this is a lovely structure, the rooms have been emptied out and a staff member explained the items had been sent to auction. So we have seen the changes over the years. This was a return trip of us to one of our favorite mansions in Newport, having visited it in every decade since the 1970s. Please Rosecliff, re-open the master bedrooms! So are the gardens and expansive lawn leading to the ocean. The first floor is exceptional and the architecture is the best of all the mansions. ![]() Many visitors were complaining upstairs and asking "Is this all there is?" Turns out he wrote several of his biggest musicals at the home but they don't tell you that. And a picture and a couple playbills of Cole Porter - but only if you knew who he was. Portraits of people but you didn't know who they were. Two small rooms were available to see.īut Rosecliff needs to put out historical information around the rooms. All the other bedrooms, including the owners' bedroom suites were closed off and not available. You could tell 1 wing had been a set of bedrooms but was now a gallery and there was no history to tell you what it had been. But their mistake was taking up half of the second floor with an exhibit that tied in with China. It had just undergone a renovation and re-opened. I so wanted to love this house after seeing it in the original The Great Gatsby.
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