Grand Designs: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle
Feb 28, 2007 · 45 min
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 c
Thatched Cottage, Hampshire
Mar 7, 2007 · 45 min
Eight years ago Alex and Cheryl Reay left London for a new life in the New Forest. They bought a run down medieval thatched cottage and lovingly brought it back to life. Then just
Eco-barge, Medway
Mar 14, 2007 · 45 min
Chris Miller and his wife Sze Liu Lai lived in a tiny flat in East London with their two children Alexion and Tayszea. It was very tight for space and as the kids grew they really
The Bournemouth Penthouse
Mar 21, 2007 · 45 min
James and Katrin Gray live in Bournemouth on the south coast. James runs his own book distribution business and Katrin works for an investment bank. They used to live in an apartme
The Eco-House: Revisited
Mar 28, 2007 · 45 min
Kevin revisits Andrew and Lowri Davies who embarked on a project to build an environmentally friendly farmhouse in rural Wales. Encouraged by their architect, they opt for some sta
Birmingham: The Birmingham Church
Apr 4, 2007 · 45 min
Dean Marks has dreamt of living in a church for as long as he can remember. After searching for the right building for years, he came across St Martin’s near Birmingham, a huge 18t
Guildford: The Art Deco House
Apr 11, 2007 · 45 min
When Pilots Andrew Berry and his wife Helen bought their cottage near Guildford in Surrey 7 years ago they always planned to add a small extension. But over the last few years the
Revisited: The Sliding Glass Roof House, Peckham
Apr 18, 2007 · 45 min
Monty Ravenscroft and Clare Loewe bought a plot of land in Peckham to build their own home - only to be told it was too small for a traditional house. Engineering expert Monty desi
Revisited: The Oak-Framed House, Argyll
Apr 25, 2007 · 45 min
Musicians Tony and Jo Moffat began building a spectacular modern home on a plot with a view to die for on the west coast of Scotland. They decided on a very experimental design whi
Cambridge: The Cambridgeshire Eco Home
May 2, 2007 · 45 min
Kelly and Masoko Neville set about building not just a spectacular oak frame and straw bale house, but a whole new way of life in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Kelly is a carpenter by t
Revisited: The Tuscany Castle, Tuscany, Italy
May 9, 2007 · 45 min
Janne and Howard planned to convert a ruin in the Tuscan hills into a luxurious home. Kevin returns a few years later to check on how it has gone.
London: The Glass and Timber House
May 16, 2007 · 45 min
In this episode Kevin meets master carpenter Bill Bradley and his wife Sarah, whose plan is to build two identical timber houses in south London, selling one to finance the buildin