Castle Drogo sits atop its perch in Dartmoor, Devon, one of the National Trust’s most striking articles. In the first of two articles on Castle Drogo’s history, Clive Aslet reveals how a fascination with ancestry encouraged a wealthy Edwardian businessman to enlist the help of Sir Edwin Lutyens to build a new castle. Main image by Robert Harding; other photographs by Dylan Thomas for Country Life.
On a sunny spring day, Castle Drogo, on its bluff overlooking the wilds…