Sue and Martin took a holistic approach when they converted a pair of Devon barns into a family home. They believed that the house should look like a natural part of the landscape. So they built it using environmentally sustainable techniques and allowed much of its design to evolve during the build.
The oldest barn, dating from the 1600s, was built from stone and cob - a straw-and-mud mixture characteristic of Devon - while the newer, 19th-century barn was totally of stone. The older barn would have a thatched roof, the newer barn slates. A south-facing sitting room would overlook a double-height glass atrium, which would become an indoor garden, filled with citrus trees. Four bedrooms and a study would go upstairs.

Grand Designs Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Farnham: The Regency Villa
• s02e02 - Sussex: The New England House
• s02e03 - Huddersfield: The Wool Mill
• s02e04 - Wales: The Isolated Cottage
• s02e05 - The Cruciform House, Berkshire
• s02e06 - Birmingham: The Community Self-Build
• s02e07 - London: The Jewel Box
• s02e08 - Devon: The Derelict Barns
• s02e09 - Revisited - Birmingham: The Community Self-Build
• s02e10 - Revisited - Wales: The Isolated Cottage
• s02e11 - Revisited - Devon: The Derelict Barns
• s02e12 - Revisited - Lambourn: The Cruciform House
• s02e13 - The Co-Op: Revisited
• s02e14 - The Isolated Cottage: Revisited
• s02e15 - The Dilapidated Georgian House: Revisited
• s02e16 - The Water Tower: Revisited
• s02e17 - The Derelict Barns: Revisited

Grand Designs Show Summary

Grand Designs is a Channel 4 TV series covering unusual architectural house-building projects, presented by Kevin McCloud.

The properties featured in the series vary wildly from homes underground to converted water towers, with the only common factor being that they're all rather unusual or extravagant in some way.