Great British Home Restoration
Great British Home Restoration is an eight part series charting couples and families as they take on the unique challenge of transforming some of the world’s most unusual and historic buildings – never originally built to be lived in - into the ultimate dream homes. In each episode, architectural designer Charlie Luxton explores the mix of master crafts and innovative 21st century engineering it takes to convert a historic structure into a unique show-stopping house - from the challenge of re-configuring an abandoned church into a practical family home to the task of transforming a historic windmill into a futuristic house. The series explores the unique design challenges of reconfiguring each unusually shaped structure into practical living spaces - from curved kitchen units that can hug the walls of a circular Oast House to restoring the fragile timber features of a historic barn.
Seasons
1. Futuristic Smart Home
Air Date: 2021-07-25
Newlyweds Sean and Debs battle through a catalogue of setbacks, desperate to re-make a 200-year-old Yorkshire church into a family home.
2. Family Farmhouse
Air Date: 2021-08-01
Hazel quits her Kent farmhouse as the 79-year-old moves for the first time in over 50 years, hoping to turn a disused oast house into her dream forever home
3. First Time Home
Air Date: 2021-08-08
Alice and Shammy bid to get on the property ladder through converting an old chapel in rural Devon on a shoestring, pushing their skills and creativity to the limit
4. Historic Cattle Barn
Air Date: 2021-08-15
George and Sarah plan to transform a dilapidated Staffordshire cattle barn into a luxury home - on a tight budget, with no previous experience and in a hurry!
5. Colossal Cathedral
Air Date: 2021-08-22
After two years searching, Jerry and Kimberley are turning a derelict West Yorkshire church into a state-of-the-art 'intelligent' home. It's an audacious plan.
6. Victorian Mill House
Air Date: 2021-08-29
Retired couple Gerald and Susan bravely bid to make a modern home out of a 200-year-old derelict watermill perched on the banks of the raging River Severn
7. 200 Year Old Barn
Air Date: 2021-09-06
A retired doctor takes on the massive task of renovating a listed 200-year-old timber barn and soon finds out that doing things by yourself isn't always the smart option
8. Century Old Hall
Air Date: 2021-09-13
In Brisbane, Australia, an ambitious three-year project uproots an old Salvation Army hall to a new site, where it's transformed into a spectacular 21st-century home
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2024-01-03
Yazz and Mark restore what they think is a 200-year-old farmhouse
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2024-01-10
In Devon, Alice and Shammy discover a novel way to fund the restoration of their religious relic... by transforming a Grade II listed inn into a holiday home
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2024-07-17
Architect Anthony and paediatric nurse Sarah are looking to move to the countryside with their growing family and they've got their sights set on a derelict, but structurally sound, former threshing barn in Herefordshire. The barn was once part of a very esteemed estate, owned by the Duchy of Cornwall - King Charles no less.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2024-07-24
Charlie Luxton meets a couple who have bought a 174-year-old Methodist chapel, but have no experience with historic renovations or relevant skills to deal with a chapel of this age.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2024-07-31
Architects Marc and his Spanish wife Paula set out to transform a former Victorian carpenter's workshop in Ramsgate, Kent into a pied-à-terre. With a budget of £70,000 Marc aims to turn this small structure into a stylish one-bedroom flat.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2024-09-28
Louisa and John have had enough of London life. Will John's impulsive purchase of a dilapidated church on the Cumbrian coast pay off?
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 2024-10-05
In Kent, Lucy hopes to transform a 19th-century, Grade II Listed coach house into a modern, luxurious, energy-efficient property. Will it all go to plan?
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 2024-10-12
Nik takes on the Herculean task of restoring a cottage perched on the cliffs of Guernsey
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 2024-10-19
Terry turns the shepherd hut that he played in as a child into an extension of his home
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 2024-10-26
Marc and Paula take on the Herculean challenge of reviving a confectionery factory
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Rating
0.0/10
Release Date
2021-07-25
Episodes
18 (2 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
