Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
One of the conditions of conveyance imposed on the National Trust by the last Squire, Phil-
lip III was that nothing was to be removed from the house: “My only interest for many
years has been that this unique establishment for which my family has foregone many lux-
uries and comforts for seven generations should now be dedicated to the enjoyment of
those who may come here and see part of our national heritage preserved for all foreseeable
time.”
Who built it…who owns it
Built for Joshua Edlsbury, High Sheriff of Denbighshire, the original house was designed
by architect Thomas Webb and finished in 1689. Erddig was enlarged and furnished by
John Mellor. When Mellor died in 1733, the estate passed to his nephew, Simon Yorke.
Erddig remained in the Yorke family until Phillip Yorke III gave it to the National Trust in
1973.
Erddig Hall's park was landscaped by William Eames in the 1700s. Planted around a canal
and featuring a Victorian parterre and Yew walk, the walled garden is one of the most im-
portant surviving 18
th
century gardens in Britain with espaliered rare fruit tree varieties.
Style notes
Renaissance — Restoration and Georgian — Neoclassical
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