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TICKETED

Castle Drogo

Devon, England


Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo, further view Castle Drogo, further view

Key facts

Operator
National Trust
Condition
Intact
Access
Staffed, ticketed

Pinpoint

Castle Drogo, Drive, Drewsteignton, Exeter EX6 6PB

The last castle built in England - completed in 1930 to a design by Edwin Lutyens for the grocery magnate Julius Drewe, built in granite on a Dartmoor outcrop as though it had stood there for centuries. It's a 20th-century building playing at medieval, and the National Trust presents it as exactly that.

Worth the trip

The sheer improbability of it - a genuine granite castle, complete with battlements and a portcullis, built within living memory rather than in the Middle Ages.

Before you go

No visitor reviews were available for this listing - check the National Trust's site directly for current opening times and any conservation work in progress before travelling.

20th-century granite castle by Lutyens

Further reading

model-kit
UGears - Hogwarts Castle mechanical wooden model (340pc)

Currently-sold mechanical wooden 3D model kit, 340 parts.

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book
See Inside Castles

Katie Daynes & David Hancock

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model-kit
CubicFun - Neuschwanstein Castle 3D Puzzle (121pc)

Architectural 3D puzzle model, stocked by UK and US retailers.

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