Construction
The castle took many years to complete, with the First World War and the economic downturn causing many delays. Castle Drogo was finally completed in 1930, considerably reduced in scale from Lutyens's 1911 designs, and only a year before Julius died; he had, however, been able to live in the house since around 1925. In the summer of 2012, the National Trust are to commission the temporary closure of the castle (estimated until September) to public viewing due to environmental re-development of the surrounding land.
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