The Walls, Paths and Steps of Gardens North North East of Castle Drogo is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Garden.
The Walls, Paths and Steps of Gardens North North East of Castle Drogo
- WRENN ID
- kindled-stone-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Garden
- Address
- The Walls, Paths and Steps of Gardens North North East of Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 724 902
- Coordinates
- 50.69753, -3.80774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, paths, and steps of the gardens located north-north-east of Castle Drogo were created around 1920 and designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Dillstone. They are made of granite stone rubble and coursed blocks of granite ashlar. The formal gardens are arranged on a series of terraces. The lower terrace features the Rose Garden, the middle terrace has shrub borders, and the upper terrace includes a circular croquet lawn. A straight central path runs through the lower two terraces to the croquet lawn, ascending via a series of granite ashlar steps. The flower beds and terraces are supported by low walls. The central pattern of the Rose Garden incorporates an Indian motif with alternating lengths of straight and curved lines. Small arbours are situated in the corners of the Rose Garden, while the overall architectural effect is enhanced by box yew hedges.
Local climate
The Walls, Paths and Steps of Gardens North North East of Castle Drogo receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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