Manor
Essu Manor
German: Jeß
Essu first appears in records in 1496, when it belonged to the Wrangell family, and it later passed through the Krusensterns to the Dellingshausens, who held a whole cluster of neighbouring estates. Its main house began as a single-storey classicist limestone building in the early 19th century and was later remodelled in a more ornate historicist style to plans by the architect Friedrich Modi. Unlike many manors that fell empty after 1919, Essu is lived in and used again: today it is in private hands and runs as a guesthouse with a restaurant.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Essu mõisa kohta pärinevad esimesed teated 1496. aastast, mil see kuulus Wrangellidele. Hiljem läks mõis Krusensternide kaudu Dellingshausenitele, kellele kuulus terve rida naabermõisaid. Peahoone ehitati 19. sajandi alguses ühekorruselise klassitsistliku paekivihoonena ning see ehitati hiljem arhitekt Friedrich Modi kavandi järgi ümber uhkemaks historitsistlikuks hooneks. Erinevalt paljudest pärast 1919. aastat tühjaks jäänud mõisatest on Essu taas kasutusel: see on eraomandis ning tegutseb majutus- ja söögikohana.