Grand Designs · SEASON 3
The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire
Episode 8 · 2003-10-01

- Documentary
- Reality
Episode overview
Merry's family have been Herefordshire builders for generations, so she knew that the county was rich in traditional building crafts. She and Ben decided to combine these with technology for a new house with a genuinely rural feel. Her father drew up a design that followed the traditional cottage layout while incorporating modern comforts.
45 minutes
Season 3 episodes
1. The Wooden Box, Peterborough2003-02-12
2. The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire2003-02-19
3. The Woodsman's Cottage, Sussex2003-02-26
4. The Victorian Threshing Barn, Surrey2003-03-05
5. Inverted Roof-House, Buckinghamshire2003-03-12
6. The Terrace Conversion, Hackney, London2003-09-17
7. The Underground House, Cumbria2003-09-24
8. The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire2003-10-01
9. Revisited: The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales2002-09-10
10. Revisited: The Dilapidated Georgian House, London2002-09-17
11. Revisited: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham2002-09-24
12. Revisited: The Derelict Barns, Devon2002-10-01
13. Revisited: The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire2003-10-08
14. Revisited: The House of Straw: 2nd Revisiting, Islington, North London2003-10-15
15. Revisited: The Former Electricity Sub-Station, Sunderland2003-10-22
16. Revisited: The English Barn, Berkshire2003-10-29