Grand Designs Season 7 Episode 1 Synopsis

Every Englishman's home is his castle but for Francis Shaw this is quite literally true. He and his wife, Karen, and their two young daughters, bought the ruins of a 14th Century castle in Yorkshire and took on the remarkable challenge of turning a pile of stones into a beautiful home. Surrounded by rolling green fields, the location is idyllic; however, the castle itself was little more than four crumbling walls.

Grand Designs Season 7 Episodes...

• s07e01 - Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle
• s07e02 - Thatched Cottage, Hampshire
• s07e03 - Eco-barge, Medway
• s07e04 - The Bournemouth Penthouse
• s07e05 - Revisit: Carmarthen, 2007
• s07e06 - Birmingham: The Birmingham Church
• s07e07 - Guildford: The Art Deco House
• s07e08 - Revisited: The Sliding Glass Roof House, Peckham
• s07e09 - Revisited: The Oak-Framed House, Argyll
• s07e10 - Cambridge: The Cambridgeshire Eco Home
• s07e11 - Revisited: The Tuscany Castle, Tuscany, Italy
• s07e12 - London: The Glass and Timber House

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.