Grand Designs: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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 9 Progress Shield
The Apprentice Store, Somerset
Jan 28, 2009 · 45 min
Ian and Sophie Cooper met at university and have since spent their time together enjoying life in London. Ian works as a marketing consultant in telecoms and Sophie is a sales mana
The Chilterns Water Mill, Oxfordshire
Feb 4, 2009 · 45 min
Inspired by an illustration on a yoghurt pot, Chris Ostwald decides to build a New England-style water mill in the Chilterns, on a hill and nowhere near any water.
The Newport Folly, Newport
Feb 11, 2009 · 45 min
Sarah and Dean Berry grew up on a council estate in Newport. Having moved away to London and made good, they have now returned home 17 years later and bought an 18th century folly
The Eco Arch, Kent
Feb 18, 2009 · 45 min
Kevin McCloud follows the progress of architect Richard Hawkes and wife Sophie, who are moving from London to the Kent countryside to build a hi-tech eco-friendly house with room t
The Brittany Groundhouse, Brittany
Feb 25, 2009 · 45 min
Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje are keen to build an earth-sheltered home from recycled materials in Brittany. The house is a very low tech one, mainly constructed from old car tyres.
The Marlborough Farm house, Wiltshire
Mar 4, 2009 · 45 min
Dairy farmer Andrew Ainslie and his artist wife Meryl, who run a gallery on their farm, build a modern barn-style farmhouse on their 700 acre farm in the rolling chalk hills of Wi
The Prefabricated house, Kent
Mar 11, 2009 · 45 min
Mimi De Costa and her husband Andre, a doctor, had spent years looking for a plot of land when they came across a bungalow in Kent. The original bungalow They bought it for the s
Revisited- Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle
Apr 8, 2009 · 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
Revisited: The Hexagonal Straw Baled House, Cambridgeshire
Mar 25, 2009 · 45 min
Kevin returns to see how Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje's project has fared four years after they decided to build an earth-sheltered home in Brittany.
Brighton- The Modern Mansion
Nov 9, 2011 · 45 min
A Building Contractor and his wife who is a Nurse, build a large modern 6 bedroom house on a hill in Brighton. It has an amazing view and the owner has many ambitious design ideas
Revisted: The Thatched Cottage, Hampshire
Apr 15, 2009 · 45 min
Eight years ago Alex and Cheryl Reay left London for a new life in the New Forest.
Revisted: The Loch House, Killearn
Apr 22, 2009 · 45 min
Kevin McCloud revisits a Scottish loch-side pavilion to see if it delivered its promise for Jim Fairfull: a cure for his stress-related illness and a healthy, tranquil life for his
Revisited: The Woodman's Cottage, Sussex
Apr 29, 2009 · 45 min
It took ten years to get permission for Ben Law's self-sufficient woodland cottage. Now that he's built it, using 1,000 year old methods, Kevin McCloud visits to see how things wor