Manor · Ida-Viru County · Toila
Voka Fockenhof
In 1781 the scandalous English duchess Elizabeth Chudleigh bought the estate, founded a distillery and gave the manor her own name. Under the von Wilckens a classical manor house rose on the clifftop in the 1820s, with cannon on artificial bastions in front. The Second World War swept it away in 1944, leaving one lonely tower above the sea.
Built / first recorded 1820s
Style Classicism
Condition Lost 1944
German name Fockenhof Today
Only the tower of the main house survives, later used as a water tower, along with a few stone outbuildings on the cliff.
Owners Fock1626–18. saj Elizabeth Chudleigh, Kingstoni hertsoginna1781–1788 von Wilcken1806–1919 Good to know The Estonian name Voka comes from Narva councilman Johann Fock. Grand Duke Nicholas and Charlotte stopped here in 1817; the letters C. N. W. were carved into a shore boulder to mark the visit. Voka Elementary School occupied the main house from 1925 to 1944. Photos through time 1857 · Voka manor, lithograph by W. S. Stavenhagen1859 · Voka manor, a leaf from Stavenhagen's album1867 · Voka manor and seaside resort1900 · Voka manor, photo by the Christin brothers1905 · The Voka main house1905 · The Voka main house1937 · The Voka main house1937 · The Voka main house from the garden2011 · The surviving manor granaries, 2011Nearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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