Youngest castle in England

Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England. Based on the design of famous achitect Edwin Lutyens, it was constructed 1911-1930, and due to the economic downturn, shrinked to a third of the original design.

It was the last castle to be built in England, albeit a very weird one - as you can see. With cranes and scaffolding you get mixed feelings when visiting it. A concrete construction with traditional shapes, nice art deco parts combined with something of an English aristocratic Disneyland. A weird one, but remarkable and rather unique.

More info: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/castle-drogo

Gudrun, ColRam, Malik Raoulda, Fred Fouarge and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Dominique 60 ^club

belle compostion monocrome !!

2 years ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Dominique 60 ^club

in fact it's 'almost' monochrome. There are colours left in a very subtle saturation.

2 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Superb capture! Stay well!

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2 years ago.

Nouchetdu38 ^club

I find that very interesting!!!!!!

2 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

It seems it was in need of restoration. I only passed by but sadly never visited.

7 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club

I guess, it needs to be finished :D actually whole moor is very interesting, and this is one odd thing which is interesting to visit

7 months ago.

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