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The Wings Neck Lighthouse is an incredibly unique and historic property. Formerly a US Coast Guard
Lighthouse, the property was auctioned in the 1940's. The light tower still stands attached by a breezeway
to a three bedroom keepers home. Located at the tip of Wings Neck Point, in the town Pocasset on Cape
Cod, the house has one of the most fabulous views of the Atlantic Ocean ever experienced. Situated
literally inches from the water, the rocky slopes are beautiful and traditionally New England. The house
was completely renovated in 2003 and is now available for weekly rental year round.

Wings Neck Light was built in 1849 because of heavy marine traffic traveling in Buzzards Bay to ports in
Wareham and Sandwich. When the Cape Cod Canal opened in 1914, Wings Neck Light assumed its real
importance for a number of years. The first lighthouse at Wings Neck was a Cape Cod-style lightkeepers
house with a lantern placed on the roof. In 1889,damage from an earlier fire and general disrepair forced
the construction of a new lighthouse. The present keepers house, with its attached hexagonal wooden
tower, was built to replace the old Cape Cod-style house. For many years, Wings Neck was deemed one
of the most important lighthouses on the Atlantic Coast because of the heavy shipping traveling the Cape
Cod Canal but, by 1943, newer technology was making the lighthouse obsolete. The property was sold by
the government in 1947 to Frank and Irene Flanagan. They loved the property with a passion and enjoyed
a long retirement there until Irene passed on in 1999. The property was completely renovated in 2003 and
is now available for rent.

The Lighthouse sits at the very tip of Wings Neck Point in the town of Pocasset, city of Bourne -
approximately 1 hour from downtown Boston. A private gate makes the property available only to residents
and their guests. The house has spectacular water views from every window in every room. Because of
the proximity to the Cape Cod Canal, interesting and unusual vistas of shipping and boating traffic are
seen daily.The property faces West and enjoys a rare view of the sunset over the water nightly. There are
sleeping accommodations for eight. The house has three upstairs bedrooms (1 King, two twin sets) and
a pullout Queen sofa in the family room. There is a full bath upstairs, a half-bath downstairs and an
outdoor shower. The property was completely renovated in 2003. The kitchen and baths have been
remodeled and updated but the house was preserved in antique character and charm. The large, eat-in
kitchen has every amenity including dishwasher, microwave and lobster pot! Dining al-fresco is available
with outdoor furniture, a gas grill and a picnic table. There is a washer/dryer on the first floor.
Wings Neck Point maintains a private beach for residents. The small town of Pocasset is approximately
three miles and has a few restaurants and convenience stores. Nearby Falmouth and Sandwich offer all
the excitement of Cape Cod - beaches, shopping, sightseeing, great restaurants, history and the ferry to
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard

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news on the Wings Neck
Lighthouse!

8/25/2008: Fall Special
Due to a recent
cancellation, we currently
have the week of
November 1 - 8 available.
Call for more information on
this special opportunity.

See a feature article on the
Wings Neck Lighthouse in
the April 2007 issue of
Coastal Living Magazine:

www.coastalliving.com