Castle Drogo
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Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it is the last castle built in England. The client was Julius Drewe,
"Drogo does not pretend to be a castle. It is a castle..."
Arms showing lion passant and Motto in sculpted relief above the main entrance
Dining Room of Castle Drogo
Chapel & south façade of house
Home and Colonial Stores
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Home and Colonial Stores was once one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains. Its formation of a vast chain of retail stores in the late 1920s is seen as the first step in the development of a
Castle Drogo
…England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it is the last castle built in England. The client was Julius Drewe, the hugely successful founder of the Home and Colonial Stores. Drewe chose the site in the belief that it formed part of the lands of his supposed medieval ancestor, Drogo de Teigne. The architect was Edwin Lutyens…
Shop assistants outside the Home and Colonial Stores on Broad Street, Waterford, May 1910