The single-level carriage house at 251 George St, set behind a brick garden wall on a corner lot in Providence’s College Hill, went under contract 3 days after the current listing date and closed at $4 million on August 31. The sale led the five highest-priced home sales reported across the Providence, Rhode Island metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026, which combined for $17.76 million.
Three of the week’s five closings were in Westerly, including homes in Watch Hill and the Watch Hill area, and the fifth was in Barrington’s Rumstick Point. The five properties span build dates from 1789 to 2010, and Mott & Chace Sotheby’s Intl. represented the listing side of two of this week’s five highest-priced reported sales.
No. 1 — $4,000,000 · 251 George St, PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island
At 251 George St, a 1968 carriage house on a corner lot in College Hill brought the week’s highest price at $4 million. The home offers two bedrooms, three full baths and a reported 3,608 square feet, all on one level.
Three archways open the great room to a rear patio, and the room carries high ceilings, silk-dressed French doors and two hand-carved marble mantels. A wood-paneled library with an en suite bath can serve as a study or a bedroom, and the eat-in kitchen pairs custom cabinetry with dual arched transoms and its own patio overlooking the garden and fountain. The primary suite occupies a separate wing with an expansive dressing room and a marble bath finished with a soaking tub and mosaic stonework. A finished lower level adds a gym, den and full bath, and a newly built heated and cooled two-car garage completes the property. Listing materials credit HB Design & Build with an extensive renovation.
Formal gardens frame the residence, with a lawn parterre centered on a classical fountain and mature specimen plantings. The property, which previously changed hands for $895,000 in 2014, closed $5,000 above its final asking price of $3,995,000, and the transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Providence Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
Sweeney Advisory Group of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s Intl. was the listing agent. Aleen Weiss of Spitz-Weiss, Realtors represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $3,875,000 · 43 Avondale Rd, Westerly, Rhode Island
In Westerly’s Avondale area, a waterfront home with a private deep-water dock at 43 Avondale Rd sold for $3,875,000 on September 2, 2026. Built in 1789, the five-bedroom house spans a reported 5,958 square feet across three levels, with floor-to-ceiling glass framing water views from every room.
The main level holds three bedrooms, a library with a sitting area, a recreation space and a 4,000-bottle cooled wine room, with a wrap-around porch outside. The second level carries an open-concept kitchen, dining and entertaining space with deck access, along with a guest en suite bedroom and a private office, and the entire third floor is given over to the primary suite, with a covered deck, a walk-in closet, a dedicated spa-tub room and a second laundry. The grounds include fruit trees, a raised-bed garden and a fountain, and the home is equipped with solar panels, a whole-house generator, an EV charging station and a three-car garage.
The home went under contract 29 days after the current listing date and previously changed hands for $2,200,000 in 2005. The transaction ranked No. 2 in the metro for the week.
Lori Joyal of Lila Delman Compass was the listing agent. Robin Knisley of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s Intl. represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,515,000 · 5 Pasadena Ave, Westerly, Rhode Island
The September 1, 2026, closing of 5 Pasadena Ave in Watch Hill brought $3,515,000 for a renovated Nantucket-style Cape dating to 1924. The four-bedroom home sits on more than half an acre a short distance from Watch Hill’s beaches, restaurants and shops, and its lot carries 20 feet of frontage on the Pawcatuck River for launching a kayak, canoe or paddleboard.
Updates run throughout the house, including quartzite countertops, white oak floors, new appliances and central air conditioning, and private guest quarters supplement the main residence. Outside, landscaped grounds surround a heated in-ground swimming pool and an outdoor shower.
The listing went under contract 10 days after the current listing date and closed $20,000 above its final asking price of $3,495,000. The property previously changed hands for $759,000 in 2003, and the sale ranked No. 3 among the week’s reported closings in the metro.
Robin Knisley of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s Intl. was the listing agent. LP Home Team of Residential Properties Ltd. represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $3,375,000 · 160 Watch Hill Rd, Westerly, Rhode Island
The 2010 custom build at 160 Watch Hill Rd in Westerly changed hands for $3,375,000 on August 31, 2026. The house went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and closed $80,000 above its final asking price of $3,295,000 β the No. 4 sale of the week.
Set on 0.77 landscaped acres abutting the Misquamicut Club, the home offers five bedrooms and a reported 4,643 square feet, including two first-floor primary suites, each with a private en suite bath. The kitchen features Thermador appliances, a butler’s pantry and soapstone countertops, and custom built-ins and a gas fireplace anchor the living spaces. Three more bedrooms and a bonus room occupy the second floor, while a bluestone patio, a firepit and an outdoor shower shape the outdoor living areas and a whole-house generator backs up the systems. Watch Hill, Napatree and Westerly’s beaches sit minutes away.
The property previously changed hands for $425,000 in 2009, before the current residence was completed in 2010.
Annie Fox of Keller Williams Coastal was the listing agent. Leslie Lambrecht of Olga B. Goff Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,995,000 · 204 Rumstick Rd, Barrington, Rhode Island
Behind stone walls in Barrington’s Rumstick Point, a renovated 1950 estate at 204 Rumstick Rd brought $2,995,000 at its full asking price in a September 1, 2026, closing, after going under contract 5 days after the current listing date. The five-bedroom home spans a reported 5,495 square feet on more than an acre of landscaped grounds with a tennis court and a new pool and cabana.
A down-to-the-studs renovation in 2012 replaced the plumbing, electrical and multi-zone HVAC and added integrated surround sound, central vacuum and a 20-kilowatt whole-house generator while preserving the home’s original character. Custom moldings run through an open floor plan that includes a family room with a wood-burning hearth, a formal living room with a gas fireplace, and a kitchen with custom cabinetry and granite countertops adjacent to the formal dining room. A sunroom serves as an office, and the primary suite upstairs holds a marble bath and a custom mahogany walk-in dressing room.
The property previously changed hands for $1,925,000 in 2020, and the closing rounded out the metro’s Top 5 at No. 5 for the week.
Kirk Schryver Team of Compass was the listing agent. Amanda Bruneau of Compass represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 6, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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