Location: Castle Drogo, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Inland National Trust Dev/West Devon
File Size: 31MB
Close up exterior front view of the gatehouse at Castle Drogo England's newest castle designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built between 1911 and 1930 as a luxury home with modern conveniences and medieval castle features for Julius Drewe the founder of Home and Colonial Stores the lion from the Drewe Coat of Arms is carved above the entrance with the motto Drogo Nomen et Virtus Arma Dedit meaning Drogo is my Name and Valour Gave me Arms a Grade 1 listed building Castle Drogo is built entirely of Dartmoor granite & open to the public through the National Trust Drewsteignton in Dartmoor National Park West Devon South West England UK closeup; close-up; NT: DNP; stone building; tower; entrance; crest; inscription; turret; crenellations; arrow slit; Dartmoor; DNP; stone; masonry; flagpole; history; historic; historical; heritage; historic building; tourist attraction; tourism; holiday; vacation; travel; clear blue sky: sunshine: sunny; sunlight; shadows; upright; vertical; portrait; English; West Country: Westcountry; SW England; British; Britain: GB: Great Britain; United Kingdom