Grand Designs: Season 3

S3·E1 Mytharc

The Wooden Box, Peterborough

Feb 12, 2003

'Is it a bold contemporary design or a garden shed?' John and Terri found themselves asking, halfway into their build. They had knocked down a derelict house in a beautiful rural s

S3·E2 Core

The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire

Feb 19, 2003

The 1930s derelict water-works Chris and Leanne fell in love with was huge and its design had clearly been inspired by Gilbert Scott's Bankside power station, now better known as t

S3·E3 Core

The Woodsman's Cottage, Sussex

Feb 26, 2003

For 10 years, Ben lived in tents and caravans in a wood in West Sussex. As a woodsman, he needed and wanted to live among the trees. But after a battle with planning he finally got

S3·E4 Core

The Victorian Threshing Barn, Surrey

Mar 5, 2003

For Philip and Angela, the build was part of a life change that had begun two years earlier. Just after their second daughter was born, Philip fell seriously ill, prompting the fam

S3·E5 Core

Inverted Roof-House, Buckinghamshire

Mar 12, 2003

Tom and Judy wanted more than just a home for themselves and their two children. On a site of outstanding natural beauty in Buckinghamshire, they set out to build an ambitious hous

S3·E6 Core

The Terrace Conversion, Hackney, London

Sep 17, 2003

After 10 years of living in a small house in east London, John and Eleni hankered after modern, open-plan living. They didn't want to move, so they decided to give their Victorian

S3·E7 Core

The Underground House, Cumbria

Sep 24, 2003

The old quarry stood on a slope of the Eden valley and commanded beautiful views. Local architect John Bodger designed a two-storey house that burrowed backwards into the rock and

S3·E8 Core

The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire

Oct 1, 2003

Merry's family have been Herefordshire builders for generations, so she knew that the county was rich in traditional building crafts. She and Ben decided to combine these with tech

S3·E9 Core

Revisited: The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales

Sep 10, 2002

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 1 Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Corrina, who decided their first home was to be a 300-year-old ruin. The former cottage is set in the inhospi

S3·E10 Core

Revisited: The Dilapidated Georgian House, London

Sep 17, 2002

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 2 Kevin revisits Tony and Sharon, who fell in love with a completely dilapidated Georgian home in London and undertook the challenging task of re

S3·E11 Core

Revisited: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

Sep 24, 2002

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 3 Kevin is in Amersham to update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andrew. Their venture involved designing an 'invisible' house tha

S3·E12 Core

Revisited: The Derelict Barns, Devon

Oct 1, 2002

Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 4 Kevin travels to the beautiful setting of south Devon to revisit Sue and Martin, whose dream was to create a family home using old English buil

S3·E13 Core

Revisited: The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire

Oct 8, 2003

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 1 Kevin McCloud returns to the Lambourn Valley to meet a couple who took three years to finish building their home on the Berkshire Downs.

S3·E14 Core

Revisited: The House of Straw: 2nd Revisiting, Islington, North London

Oct 15, 2003

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 2 Kevin McCloud revisits the improbable Islington home of two architects who built their avant-garde north-east London house out of straw bales,

S3·E15 Mytharc

Revisited: The Former Electricity Sub-Station, Sunderland

Oct 22, 2003

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 3 Kevin McCloud catches up with a couple he met some years when they set about the task of converting a disused electricity substation in Sunderl

S3·E16 Mytharc

Revisited: The English Barn, Berkshire

Oct 29, 2003

Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 4 Kevin McCloud revisits retired couple Denys and Marjorie Randolph from Berkshire, who had decided to embark on their final building project, a