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Grand Designs: Season 21

6 episodes Premiered Jan 6, 2021 Updated Nov 11, 2026
Previously on Grand Designs

Season 21 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Grand Designs Season 20.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 21 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 21: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S21·E1 Mytharc

South West London: Cemetery Keeper's Lodge

Jan 6, 2021 · 45 min

Justin plans to restore a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge and convert its toilet block into a luxury extension complete with a moat and swimming pool. But can he keep his budget

S21·E2 Core

Kent: Converted Barn

Jan 13, 2021 · 45 min

Kevin McCloud meets Greg and Georgie who are taking on the highly ambitious task of converting a dilapidated, 35-year-old barn in Kent. The build will be a huge challenge involving

S21·E3 Core

South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House

Jan 20, 2021 · 45 min

Nathan and Amye are building a cathedral-like home modelled on local Dutch barn houses with a sleek twist and a 5000-tile armadillo roof. But the pressure mounts for project manage

S21·E4 Core

Bletchley: Self-Heating House

Jan 27, 2021 · 45 min

Energy conservationist Andrew plans to build a radical, self-heating home by storing the warmth of the summer sun into insulated earth banks. But will this gigantic thermal experim

S21·E5 Mytharc

Liskeard, Cornwall: Flour Mill House

Feb 3, 2021 · 45 min

Leigh and Richard plan to transform a derelict 17th-century flour mill, full of rotten timbers and riddled with structural cracks, into a warm, contemporary, four-floor, three-bed

S21·E6 Mytharc

Lewes Revisit 2021

Jul 14, 2021 · 45 min

Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Megan, whose dream home in East Sussex became a nightmare. With the house now fully complete, what is living in a cutting-edge concrete bunker rea

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