Kevin meets Francis Shaw who purchased a crumbling castle on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk Register. Set in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, the peel tower dates back to the 15th century and was protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Francis finally got permission to start working on the building after fighting loads of red tape that took several months. After over two years work, Francis and his wife Karen finally moved moved in and Kevin returns to discover that the cost of restoring the castle has meant the dream is nothing like Francis imagined it would be.

Grand Designs Season 10 Episodes...

• s10e01 - The Tree House, Isle of Wight
• s10e02 - The Stealth House, The Cotswolds
• s10e03 - The Modest Home, Woodbridge
• s10e04 - The Barn & Guildhall, Stowmarket
• s10e05 - The Radian House, Ipswich
• s10e06 - The Scandinavian House, Lizard Peninsula
• s10e07 - The Adaptahaus, Cumbria
• s10e08 - The Dome House, Lake Distric National Park
• s10e09 - The Brittany Groundhouse: Revisited
• s10e10 - The Glass & Timber House: Revisited
• s10e11 - A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa: Revisited
• s10e12 - House from Straw: Revisited
• s10e13 - The Water Tower: 2nd Revisited
• s10e14 - The Lime Kiln House: Revisited

Grand Designs Show Summary

Grand Designs is a Channel 4 TV series covering unusual architectural house-building projects, presented by Kevin McCloud.

The properties featured in the series vary wildly from homes underground to converted water towers, with the only common factor being that they're all rather unusual or extravagant in some way.