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Frank Emley

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Frank Emley (1861, in Durham – 1938, in Bedford)[1][2] was an English architect, who played an important part in designing several buildings in early Johannesburg in the practices of Leck and Emley and Emley and Williamson.

Early life

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Emley worked as an assistant in his father's firm which specialised in church fittings. He is only known to have designed one building in England, Corbridge Town Hall.[3]

Style

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During his time in Johannesburg, Emley designed masterpieces in a variety of styles, ranging from the Victorian Eclecticism of Hohenheim, to the grand Edwardian Baroque of the Rand Club, The Neo-Classicism of The university of the Witwatersrand to his Art Deco sky scrapers of the 1930s.

List of important buildings

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  • Hohenheim/House Lionel Phillips - 1892
  • The First Chamber of Mines Building - 1894 (Emley and Scott)
  • Sunnyside/House Hennen Jennings - 1895
  • The Third Corner House building - 1903 (Leck and Emley)
  • The Third Rand Club Building - 1905 (Leck and Emley)
  • Savernake - 1904 (Leck and Emley)
  • Emoyeni/House Henry Hull - 1905 (Leck and Emley)
  • University of the Witwatersrand Central Block - 1922 (Emley and Williamson)
  • Union House - 1933 (Emley and Williamson)
  • Castle Mansions - 1935 (Emley and Williamson)
  • Lauriston Court - 1934 (Emley and Williamson)
  • The Aegis building - 1934 (Emley and Williamson)
  • The Third Anstey's Building - 1937 (Emley and Williamson)
  • Manner's Mansions - 1939 (Emley and Williamson)

References

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  1. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006". www.findmypast.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007". www.findmypast.co.uk.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Town Hall with shops (1044757)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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