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William Emes (1729 or 1730–13 March 1803) was an English landscape gardener.

Biography

Details of his early life are not known but in 1756 he was appointed head gardener to Sir Nathaniel Curzon at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire. He left this post in 1760 when Robert Adam was given responsibility for the entire management of the grounds. During his time at Kedleston he had started to alter the earlier formal nature of the park and had constructed the upper lake. Also during this time he married Mary Innocent, his servant and the daughter of a tailor. Together they had five sons and three daughters.^[1] His son John Emes who was born in 1762 was a successful engraver and silversmith.^[2]

After leaving Kedleston he moved to live in Bowbridge House, (Not Bowbridge Fields farm as previously thought) Mackworth. This was later the home of Edward Darwin (son of Erasamus Darwin who was William Emes friend through the Lunar Society) where he developed his practice as a landscape designer, which was concentrated mainly in the Midlands and in north Wales. His style was similar to that of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. At Eaton Hall, Cheshire, Emes was called in to replace Brown by Lord Grosvenor.^[1] He sometimes furnished a plan and then left the client to undertake the work. On other occasions he would supervise the work for many years, such as the gardens at Chirk Castle and at Erddig where his involvement continued for 25 years.^[3] Emes also designed a few minor buildings.^[1]

The main features of his designs were trees and water.^[3] Characteristic designs included serpentine lakes with their ends concealed in woodland, single trees and clumps of trees in parkland with tree belts round the boundary. He created flower gardens adjacent to the house at Sandon Hall, anticipating the later work of Humphry Repton.^[1]

His wife died in 1789 and Emes then moved to Hampshire taking a lease of Elvetham Park from Sir Henry Gough-Calthorpe. Here he took commissions in the south of England, sometimes in partnership with John Webb, formerly his foreman. He later moved to London where he died at Vicarage House, St Giles Cripplegate, the home of his daughter, Sarah. He was buried at St Giles Cripplegate.^[1]

Designs

Gardens

In whole or in part:

Nottinghamshire

Kirklington Hall (1774) - see http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/kirklington_hall
Carlton Hall, Carlton in Lindrick (1783) - see http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/69301/CACarltonAppraisal.pdf

Derbyshire

Kedleston (1756–1760)^[1]
Calke Abbey (1776)^[4]
Markeaton Hall
Shipley Hall^[5]
Darley Park
Radbourne Hall (1790)
Locko Hall (1792)^[4]

Cheshire

Staffordshire

Ingestre^[3]
Sandon (1767)^[3]
Keele Hall (1768–1770)^[3]
Oakedge (1771)^[3]
Beaudesert House^[3]
Cuffnell^[3]
Statfold (1777)^[3]
Sandon Hall (1781–1782)^[1]
Etruria Hall
Betley Court

Shropshire

Walcot Park (c. 1774)^[6]
Halston Hall (1770s)^[7]
Aston Hall (near Oswestry) (1780)^[8]
Badger Hall and Dingle (c. 1780)^[4]^[9]^[10]
Dudmaston Hall^[4]^[11]
Millichope Park^[4]
Oakley Park^[4]
Hawkstone Park (lake)^[1]^[12]
The Hill, Chipnall, Cheswardine The current house on the site is Cheswardine Hall.^[13]

Greater Manchester

Platt Hall (1768)^[3]^[14]
Heaton Hall (1770)^[3]^[15]

Wiltshire

Chute^[3]
Bowood House^[4]

Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (walled garden) (1790)^[3]
Chippenham (1795)^[4]

Lincolnshire

Belton House^[3]

Hampshire

Brockenhurst Park^[4]
Dogmersfield Park^[4]
Elvetham Hall^[4]

Gloucestershire

Daylesford House^[4]
Dodington House (1793)^[4]
Fairford Park (1783–87)

Yorkshire

Cave Castle (1787–1791)^[4]

Norfolk

Holkham Hall^[4]

Wales

Chirk Castle, Denbighshire (1764–75)^[1]^[16]
Erddig, Denbighshire (1768–89)^[1]^[17]
Llanrhaeadr Hall, Denbighshire (1771)^[4]^[18]
Hawarden Old Rectory, Flintshire (1774)^[3]^[19]
Gregynog, Montgomeryshire (1774)^[4]
Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire^[4]
Penrice Castle, Glamorganshire
Margam Park, Glamorganshire^[4]
Rhiwlas, Montgomeryshire^[4]

Buildings

Lodge at Attingham Hall, Shropshire^[1]
Greenhouse at Penrice Castle, Glamorgan^[1]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Goodway, K "Emes, William (1729/30–1803)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 30 January 2007
^ Anne Pimlott Baker, 'Emes, John (1762–1808)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 15 September 2013
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Bostock, T. (2005–6). "Oulton's Historic park and garden". Cheshire History. 44: 48–61. ISSN 0141-8696. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |quotes= and |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Places associated with Emes, accessed 30 January 2007
^ Bygone Derbyshire The History of Shipley Country Park – Miner's dial is a pointer...
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 672.
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 280.
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 124.
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, pp. 131–132.
^ Victoria County History, Shropshire, vol. 10, p.213.
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 255.
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 293.
^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 196.
^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 474.
^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 402.
^ Hubbard 1986, p. 127.
^ Hubbard 1986, p. 163.
^ Hubbard 1986, p. 232.
^ Hubbard 1986, p. 369.

Bibliography

Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10583-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Hubbard, Edward (1986). The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071052-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The Buildings of England: Shropshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-12083-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

Penrice Castle

[dnb-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Goodway, K "Emes, William (1729/30–1803)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 30 January 2007

[2] Anne Pimlott Baker, 'Emes, John (1762–1808)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 15 September 2013

[bostock-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Bostock, T. (2005–6). "Oulton's Historic park and garden". Cheshire History. 44: 48–61. ISSN 0141-8696. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |quotes= and |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

[york-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Places associated with Emes, accessed 30 January 2007

[5] Bygone Derbyshire The History of Shipley Country Park – Miner's dial is a pointer...

[6] Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 672.

[7] Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 280.

[8] Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 124.

[9] Newman & Pevsner 2006, pp. 131–132.

[10] Victoria County History, Shropshire, vol. 10, p.213.

[11] Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 255.

[12] Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 293.

[13] Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 196.

[14] Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 474.

[15] Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 402.

[16] Hubbard 1986, p. 127.

[17] Hubbard 1986, p. 163.

[18] Hubbard 1986, p. 232.

[19] Hubbard 1986, p. 369.

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