Pro: plaster restoration of “wood” features; the dining room details; the quality of the restoration work: the sitting room walls. Massive fireplace in ball room. The quality of the work is interesting and skilled. Given the history of the house as detailed in other reviews and the lack of furnishing context - more photos of past use would have been interesting. Only a couple of photos of use before the owner married were used and were interesting to view - so how it had changed or been used from original, to wife’s redesign, to the ghost house gothic would have added interest/context to the space. Was also curious about the shift of the wife from Marble House to here. Such a difference in entertaining capacity. Room for some social context. Just seems like some interpretive info might be something to consider in the future. Lots of work to be done still. But more interesting than I had anticipated. But would want more info as above to return.

During a weekend trip to Newport, my partner and I wanted to see a few mansions to compare. We saw the Breakers and then decided to try out the Belcourt for something different. I'm glad we did. The Belcourt hasn't been preserved in the same way the Breakers has over time. I found it fascinating to see a mansion with a different history and how the current owner is working to restore it. The tour guide was very knowledgable about the details of the house. I highly recommend this tour if you're looking for something 'different'.

Took the night ghost tour - loved it! Dave our guide has quite a lit of knowledge and was happy to share. Got into many rooms, although not all are renovated back to original, the layout is the same so you can still feel what it must have been like. Great tour, highly recommend.