Homes By the Sea
Architectural designer Charlie Luxton embarks on a nationwide journey to visit some of Britain's best homes by the sea and find out what makes the perfect coastal property.
Seasons
1. South West Wales
Air Date: 2014-10-16
Charlie explores a space-age home on the Pembrokeshire coast, helps a couple who are renovating a property overlooking Fishguard harbour, and visits an ancient castle that's also a cosy period cottage.
2. South Devon
Air Date: 2014-10-23
Charlie Luxton visits south Devon to see a magnificent clifftop home, a 200-year-old fisherman's cottage with a stunning view, a stylish 1960s modernist house and a bold 1930s villa.
3. Norfolk
Air Date: 2014-10-30
Charlie visits Paul Keates and his wife Trish, who live in a former granary on the picturesque quayside in Blakeney.
4. Isle of Skye
Air Date: 2014-11-06
Charlie heads to romantic Skye, where some of the crofts and blackhouses abandoned in the 19th century are being brought back to life by newcomers.
5. Kent and Sussex
Air Date: 2014-11-13
Charlie Luxton visits some special homes on the Kent and Sussex shoreline, from Camber Sands and Dungeness to the harbour in Rye, Dymchurch and two contrasting projects in Brighton.
6. Northumberland and Whitley Bay
Air Date: 2014-11-20
Charlie Luxton visits Craster Tower and Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. In Whitley Bay he discovers a surprising seafront semi and a deceptive modern build overlooking Druridge Bay.
7. Best Bits
Air Date: 2014-11-27
Charlie Luxton looks back on his tour of some of Britain's most stunning coastal properties, from Devon to the Isle of Skye.
1. Cornwall
Air Date: 2015-09-30
Charlie goes from Padstow to Bude, visiting a stunning cliff-top home, converted net loft and an ugly duckling made beautiful
2. North Yorkshire
Air Date: 2015-10-06
Charlie travels the historic north east coastline, visiting a Scandinavian eco-house with a dream view, a converted chapel and a fisherman's cottage
3. The Channel Islands
Air Date: 2015-10-13
Charlie travels to Jersey and Guernsey and visits a remodelled clifftop villa, an old windmill that's now a family home and a converted train station
4. Solway Coast, Scotland
Air Date: 2015-10-20
Charlie visits the Solway coast in Scotland, where he encounters the amazing White House in the picturesque port of Kirkcudbright, and a sleek modern cliff-top home
5. Essex
Air Date: 2015-10-27
Charlie visits the Discovery coast of Essex and a glass house, a converted wooden shack, an art deco refurb on the seafront and a detached Victorian villa in Leigh-on-Sea.
6. Solent
Air Date: 2015-11-03
Charlie visits the Solent and the Isle of Wight to see a glass palace, a gleaming vision in black and some Bauhaus-inspired houses from the 1930s
7. Northern Ireland
Air Date: 2015-11-10
Charlie Luxton visits Northern Ireland and the glorious Antrim Coast, including Giant's Causeway, a secret-agent style home and a period property on the seafront.
8. Dorset
Air Date: 2015-11-17
Charlie visits a millionaire's pad in Sandbanks, near Poole. There's also a magical boat house, a mini-mansion in Lilliput, and an oyster farm on Chesil Beach.
1. Lewis and Harris
Air Date: 2016-09-27
Charlie travels to the far north west of Scotland and visits a home shaped like an S, a converted chapel and an eco barn
2. Sussex
Air Date: 2016-10-04
Charlie visits Eastbourne, a mansion in Aldwick, a bohemian cottage in Cuckmere Haven and an upside down house in Shoreham
3. Anglesey
Air Date: 2016-10-11
Charlie visits a smuggler's cottage, a working lighthouse that's a family home, and a cliff-side home with awesome mountain views.
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Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
2014-10-16
Episodes
18 (3 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
