Castle Drogo stands on a granite promontory above the Teign Gorge about three miles northwest of Chagford, and its setting is genuinely dramatic — the gorge drops away beneath the terrace and the moorland stretches in every direction. Built between 1910 and 1930 to designs by Edwin Lutyens, it is the last castle to have been constructed in England and is now in the care of the National Trust.
The interior is remarkable: Lutyens designed everything from the great hall to the kitchen fittings, creating a building that looks medieval but is entirely of its time. The kitchen — a granite room with a revolving spit and purpose-built equipment — is one of the most photographed in Britain. Outside, formal gardens step down toward the gorge. A circular walk combining Castle Drogo with Fingle Bridge and the Teign Gorge takes about three hours.