Dobroyd Castle is an important historic building above the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England.

It is in this setting that rich industrialist, John Fielden (Junior) fell in love with local worker, Ruth Stansfield and asked her to be his wife.

Fielden commissioned prestigious architect, John Gibson to design and build the Castle between 1866 and 1869 at a cost of £71,589.

[2] The Home Office used the castle between 1942 and 1979 as a place for 15- to 18-year-old males to learn manual skills such as building or carpentry alongside the rest of their curriculum.

They bought the castle for £320,000 and the building became the Losang Dragpa Centre,[2] named after a famous teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.

The vast majority of the top of the building is castellated with battlements although of course this is for aesthetic rather than defensive reasons.

[2] The Fieldens were a force for change in the conditions of workers in the very industry that made their own fortunes.