The Castle I have photographed is not really a Castle, however the myths that circulate around the Wilkinson house designed by well-known Arts and Crafts architect James Walter Chapman-Taylor would seem to situate it in the realm of a gothic tale. Themes of the gothic, the English elite, and ludism are often associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement of which the Castle is a late and geographically removed example (the movement is usually sited as running from 1870-1920 and was primarily practiced in England and in America). In what may …
