* Arlington Court, North Devon – where Miss Rosalie Chichester was the owner of the estate in the 1920s – has an exhibition focussing on Rosalie’s 1920-1921 round-the-world cruise and her experience of other countries. She wrote a regular column about her travels for the North Devon Journal. Miss Chichester was also passionate about animal welfare and made Arlington Court a sanctuary which hunts were forbidden to access.
* Castle Drogo. Chagford – the last castle ever to be built in the UK, designed by Edwin Lutyens for Julius Drewe. After the pause to the building caused by the First World War, work resumed with the last stone being laid in 1925. The chapel became a shrine to Adrian Drewe, killed in action in 1917. Work continued on the interior, and the family celebrated Christmas there in 1926, and moved in during 1927, although the builders remained on site till the end of the decade.
* Coleton Fishacre. Kingswear – This was designed by architect Oswald Milne for Rupert and Dorothy D’Oyly Carte who had first spotted the site when sailing past in their yacht . The family moved in in 1926 and enjoyed entertaining their friends in the comfortable house, the spectacular terraced garden and for activities such as sailing.
* Killerton, Broadclyst – This house had long been home to the Acland family, politicians and social reformers. Francis and Eleanor Acland, leading figures in Liberal politics lived there in the 1920s, and hosted a visit by Liberal leader David Lloyd George in 1925. The use of the house when Sir Francis lived there is described at https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/killerton/history-of-killerton . Killerton also houses the fabulous 1920s’ fashion exhibition, ‘Unflappable; fashioning the 1920s’
Details of opening times etc available at www.devontwentiesfestival.co.uk <http://www.devontwentiesfestival.co.uk> . These exhibitions are on throughout the season so there is plenty of time to plan to go and see all four…
