Frank Emley

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

Early life[]

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.

Style[]

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[]

• 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[]

External links[]

• Emley, Frank
• Leck and Emley
• Emley and Williamson