George Clarke's Old House, New Home
George Clarke meets single father Rick, whose four-story terrace in Stratford-upon-Avon has just one room per floor and is totally impractical when his children come to stay.
George Clarke meets single father Rick, whose four-story terrace in Stratford-upon-Avon has just one room per floor and is totally impractical when his children come to stay.
Architect George Clarke returns to unlock the potential of old houses he meets teachers Simon and Sofie, whose 1930s Liverpool semi has lost its way thanks to a small kitchen and some dodgy interior design choices made by the previous owner.
Stuart and Theresa are looking to downsize, ready for retirement, until they see a huge and cavernous village hall for sale bigger than they bargained for, it was an opportunity too good to pass up.
George meets Peter and Julia, who had run their local post office, and has lived in the building above it for the last 20 years.
George meets James, who has had a 15-year love affair with a former glassworks in Brighton when he finally managed to buy it, he has grand plans to restore the whole property.
In Cornwall, George meets Abi and Morveth, who've sunk their life savings into a disused electrical substation after two-and-a-half years, two extensions, an extra floor and hundreds of hours of work, the result is an absolutely unique home.
Paul and his wife Imogen decide to swap the countryside for the town, snapping up a collection of run-down and abandoned buildings with ambitious plans to restore the Grade II listed buildings, there are long delays and eye-watering costs.
George offers a sympathetic hand with a monster Victorian semi and a beautiful Regency conversion.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
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In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
In a six-part series, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits houses in Britain never before open to public view, including South Wraxall Manor, Kinross House in Scotland, Easton Neston, Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Marshcourt. Cruickshank roams the corridors and rummages in the cellars as he tells the story of each house -- who built them, the generations who lived in them, and the families who lost them.
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