(July 27, 2023) The Board of Health has condemned the beach house at 21 Sheep Pond Road, the latest victim of erosion on the island. “It is no longer in a livable condition and it needs to …
Another coastal property has been lost on Nantucket, just the latest home to be condemned on the Cape and Islands as erosion carves away at shorelines, stripping bluffs and dunes from beneath waterfront structures.
The Nantucket Board of Health issued an emergency condemnation order for a home at 21 Sheep Pond Road last week, citing the precarious position of the structure on the beach and violations of state sanitary codes.
Severe erosion on the west end of Nantucket has undercut a beach house on Sheep Pond Road, prompting the town’s Health Department to issue an emergency condemnation order.