Grand Designs
Season 17 Episode 4 - Essex: Black House
7.1 ?
1999
Documentary
Kevin McCloud meets Michelle Parsons, an artist and teacher who decided to seize the day and build her own private hideaway in a woodland environment in Essex after she recovered from a serious illness. Together with her architect husband David, Michelle planned to construct a sleek, black-clad, three bedroom house complete with an art studio. However, torrential rain and a potentially disastrous gas leak stalled progress on the build, and as construction gets under way, Kevin wonders whether the couple's decision to eliminate windows on two sides of the property may leave them living in a gloomy bunker.
Episodes in Season 17
1
Dursley: Gloucestershire Treehouse
45 min
2
Horsham: Fun House
45 min
3
South Cornwall: Steam Bending House
45 min
4
Essex: Black House
45 min
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5
Bolton: Ultra-Modern House
45 min
6
Pembrokeshire: Low-Impact House
47 min
7
Devon: Plough-Shaped House
47 min
8
The Wirral: Floating Timber House
47 min
9
Revisited – Somerset: Cowshed
47 min
