Kevin McCloud Visits Restored 250 Year-Old Mini-Castle | Grand Designs

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    Kevin McCloud meets a couple converting a 250 year-old mini-castle in Buckinghamshire into a family home.
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  • @Channel4Lifestyle
    @Channel4Lifestyle  4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Would YOU ever want to live in a castle?!
    Watch the FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/2XGWy3V

    • @yehmustafa2959
      @yehmustafa2959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WTF.. only after I register (providing my private info) am I told only avail to UK residents.

    • @animallover4955
      @animallover4955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hmm you have to download the app

    • @leeperola7023
      @leeperola7023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes!!! 🇬🇧

    • @donnageorge6506
      @donnageorge6506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      no, to big to maintain

    • @iagreewithyou749
      @iagreewithyou749 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes yes yesssss

  • @michaeldwayno3695
    @michaeldwayno3695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    All you need is some watchmen with bows and arrows and you're on your way to a fully fledged kingdom. This is amazing I want one

    • @jellycake2109
      @jellycake2109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget the moat 😆

    • @michaeldwayno3695
      @michaeldwayno3695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jellycake2109 Lol yes the moat I forgot.

    • @kevindurand7230
      @kevindurand7230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You'll probably need, not time, money and vision, but white privilege, lol

    • @michaeldwayno3695
      @michaeldwayno3695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kevindurand7230 my white priveledge has never worked I've been poor all my life lol

    • @whynotagain3639
      @whynotagain3639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@michaeldwayno3695 apparently according to Barnardo's charity even poor working class white children have more privilege, it's on their website, search Barnardo's white privilege.
      It's racist, I am in utter shock at the double standards and now blatant attack on anything white everywhere in society.

  • @anafreitas1646
    @anafreitas1646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    It sure would be nice if they got permission for an earth sheltered home extension - that would not ruin the landscape, if done correctly, and would give them a lot more space.

  • @mikemccartney9184
    @mikemccartney9184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    What an amazingly positive and couragous man. Thanks to his relatives in allowing him to finish this great restoration.

    • @seamusburke9101
      @seamusburke9101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes and his wife was right behind him all the way. Thats the kind of a partner in life a man needs!

  • @catomacro8325
    @catomacro8325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    This is in Buckinghamshire about 5 miles from Aylesbury ,heading out towards Thame .
    Really surprised that it's been restored ,it was falling to bits ,was full of empty cans ,bottles syringes ,foil .
    It was literally split into two ,it must have cost an absolute fortune to restore .

    • @omni7808
      @omni7808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is between Aylesbury and stone, looks fantastic irl. Great job.

    • @brianortega2776
      @brianortega2776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@omni7808 thought it was other side of stone from Aylesbury

    • @warrenholmar1129
      @warrenholmar1129 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny thing I drive past this alot

    • @jcstrikeyt1568
      @jcstrikeyt1568 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to live in Aylesbury and I often visited this place as a ruin many years ago

    • @NOVABro-vu2cg
      @NOVABro-vu2cg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianortega2776 yeh it’s the other side of stone going from Aylesbury to thame

  • @kennymacm3031
    @kennymacm3031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well done to them for being brave enough with what looked like an absolute nightmare.

  • @danceworld8360
    @danceworld8360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What a lovely home they've created....we need more people like these to restore our old derelict castles....castles are our history

  • @silver-fd3cv
    @silver-fd3cv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just watched a short on YT.
    The host of the short walked up to a man and asked how much rent he paid each month.
    The man said that he didn't pay rent as he owns his home, which he paid 0ne million pounds for.
    The short was a tour of this very castle !!
    I didn't know about this channel before I read in the comment section of the short that said in multiple comments that this tiny castle was on this channel, so here I am !!
    And now I have subscribed !!
    Thank you for this beautiful video of this tiny castle !🥰💖🥰

  • @Jimstriker
    @Jimstriker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I drive past this place all the time. It is beautifully done.

    • @mnazz18
      @mnazz18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lucky you! I've always wanted to visit England. Beautiful place and beautiful people.

    • @AK-ql8yp
      @AK-ql8yp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mnazz18 It really isn't that beautiful at all lol .. expensive houses which are always so small even after massive extensions. Every city is the same shit but slightly larger and more rammed. America is the place to be ... I would love to move there. So much to do with so many different cities

    • @thejoojooman6538
      @thejoojooman6538 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mnazz18 Really does depend on where U go. Stay out of the cities & yes....there R some beautiful sights.

    • @mnazz18
      @mnazz18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AK-ql8yp wow that's so interesting,i live in Canada (montreal) and everyone abroad always says its so pretty but i find it just bleh, its true i suppose what's foreign is also exotic lol. Ive always always wanted to visit the Cotswold, LOL THOSE SHEEP ARE SO CUTE hahah

    • @mnazz18
      @mnazz18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AK-ql8yp the states is incredible,ive been to Arizona and houses are massive for a fraction of what they cost here, the only issue is the lack of free healthcare and somtimes wages depending on the work. Where would u like to go in America?

  • @Dave_D
    @Dave_D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Took some photographs of this place not long before it was rebuild. It was dark and snowing and suddenly felt like I was being watched from behind broken walls inside, so I left! (Too many episodes of Hammer House of Horrors as a young lad methinks) lol

  • @gracefarrow312
    @gracefarrow312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Love how they don’t show the loud main road right next to it

    • @JulieWallis1963
      @JulieWallis1963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The programme is about the build, not the road or the immediate area.
      Your comment comes across as snide and bitchey, kinda ‘oh I’d not live _that_ near to a busy road’ well, congratulations on having somewhere nicer than this yourself, this is a gorgeous hone, I’m sure yours is even better. I look forward to channel 4 making a programme about your 3 bed ex council house In Dagenham. Now get over yourself love, try to be nicer to people Grace instead of trying to be superior.

  • @i-am-ali1672
    @i-am-ali1672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Wow. I'm envious of this family. I hope to live in a mini-castle too one day.

    • @vitakinesis
      @vitakinesis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      they are selling the castle th-cam.com/video/F0cBtWT8Cfs/w-d-xo.html

    • @FriendlyHomie
      @FriendlyHomie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah too much cleaning

    • @nalatreborrenoclaf9648
      @nalatreborrenoclaf9648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow wow. Why do you want to live in a castle.

    • @michaelbalfour3170
      @michaelbalfour3170 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And what are you doing about that hope?

  • @helenclark2104
    @helenclark2104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's amazing what a lovely place for their children to grow up and praise to them for for filling their dream home and their passion for this old building

  • @louisasmiles
    @louisasmiles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They've done a lovely job

  • @j.johnson3520
    @j.johnson3520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fantastic job!
    In all fairness, as long as they used identical materials and style, I can't see any logical reason for them not being allowed to extend it - *if* they wished to do so, that is. Their workmanship is after all a set precedent.

  • @mcgounfinlay4949
    @mcgounfinlay4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I GO PAST THIS EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID TOO LIKE SHE DID 😳😳 and Jesus it now looks absolutely gorgeous now 😍

  • @JASONVOORHEES-ol1nj
    @JASONVOORHEES-ol1nj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I pass this place daily, their achievement is incredible.

  • @jacquelinemullan4900
    @jacquelinemullan4900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I warltched this one on the show, grand designs and they done a wonderful job restoring this old castle simply beautiful.

  • @Stop_Elitists_Wars
    @Stop_Elitists_Wars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Its simply brilliant, kudos!! 💘

  • @neill7813
    @neill7813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I passed this just yesterday , well done to those involved . Its simply stunning . 👌

  • @citywise8773
    @citywise8773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I live near this and it is a lovely landmark. There’s only one problem which is surely why they were unable to sell it...it’s very close to a busy road (the A418 from Aylesbury to Thame). Horrifically noisy. They cleverly omitted that detail on Grand Designs and pointed the camera across the lovely open fields to the North.

  • @mad7206
    @mad7206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All I can really say is " WOW "

  • @clare3820
    @clare3820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a lovely little home.

  • @victorjuliopenamontoya117
    @victorjuliopenamontoya117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The dreams come in true!!! so beautiful!!

  • @clairehillier9818
    @clairehillier9818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love what they did here, it’s truely a unique and magical home.

  • @user-vn3jc6wl7i
    @user-vn3jc6wl7i 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done, a small part of our history now saved for future generations, and a lovely home.

  • @davidknight2104
    @davidknight2104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was waiting too see the living room
    Glad I got 2 seconds of it haha

  • @misstrever1952
    @misstrever1952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ...follies are wonderful & magical, only wish there were more of them, great work! 👌

  • @juliansydney9819
    @juliansydney9819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For sale £850,000 in January 2019

  • @MrMarkhall1
    @MrMarkhall1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My childhood dream,to live in a castle.

  • @Dumdum888888
    @Dumdum888888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job guys. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @paulau6698
    @paulau6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely stunning 😍 x

  • @magdahearne497
    @magdahearne497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That looks fabulous 💖💖💖

  • @terra2805
    @terra2805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The perfect home imo. Love it.

  • @SuperSuperdude88
    @SuperSuperdude88 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OHHH it was on grand designs!!!???? OF COURSE it was! what an amazing show.

  • @nickysmileywiley2309
    @nickysmileywiley2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful!

  • @katemcalear9936
    @katemcalear9936 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is just amazing x

  • @kailashpatirai
    @kailashpatirai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Im Nepali living in Abu dhabi when i wsaw this in youtube than i went to google map vert hardly i found it. it's really nice and at nice location too.

  • @woodstockxx
    @woodstockxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful..my dream home this 🙏🏻

  • @undertheyarrowbear
    @undertheyarrowbear 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the castles meant for giants and how there is extra floors to the castle buried beneath the earth from the last mud flood reset. Just amazing. Our smaller sized people definitely didn't build these with the tech we had with our horses and buggies 🤣🤣🤣

  • @snowbeach11
    @snowbeach11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely stunning result.. 😍

  • @User_Happy35
    @User_Happy35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love it!

  • @hotvideo1890
    @hotvideo1890 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing 🙌🏾

  • @ben1763
    @ben1763 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats really well done

  • @shughefner
    @shughefner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible 👏🏻

  • @raheelaali9767
    @raheelaali9767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your miniature castle ❤️

  • @indianjedi
    @indianjedi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just amazing

  • @MUFC1933
    @MUFC1933 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gorgeous

  • @nasascott4439
    @nasascott4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect home

  • @markmartin5629
    @markmartin5629 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning 😍

  • @yvethemetriccrafter688
    @yvethemetriccrafter688 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's stunning

  • @silverliteway
    @silverliteway 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Right on the main road!

  • @random49stuff
    @random49stuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is spectacular

  • @garynewbrook4111
    @garynewbrook4111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I drive past this every day on the way to school and I've always envied them😌✨

    • @nalatreborrenoclaf9648
      @nalatreborrenoclaf9648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you drive a tractor.

    • @timswfc
      @timswfc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nalatreborrenoclaf9648 it’s about 20 meters from a very busy main road

  • @stevewallace1387
    @stevewallace1387 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who says money can't make you happy amazing job

  • @Ahmetcakir83
    @Ahmetcakir83 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing.

  • @darthadipose1920
    @darthadipose1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I drive past this place every day

  • @callumhardy5098
    @callumhardy5098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this one it’s incredible!

  • @MyNameIsNotEmail.ItsEmail
    @MyNameIsNotEmail.ItsEmail 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had a mini panic attack thinking about dropping something in the crack in the kitchen floor.

  • @aiurit277
    @aiurit277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it!😍

  • @damshcup2464
    @damshcup2464 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live near this and drive past it a lot

  • @weezingargonian6523
    @weezingargonian6523 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is on the road between my house and school

  • @jimmy2494
    @jimmy2494 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this

  • @catherinethomas2906
    @catherinethomas2906 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lovely

  • @AMiah-jz8uu
    @AMiah-jz8uu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Inspirational

  • @shahmerkhan5958
    @shahmerkhan5958 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waoo wish I could visit this place

  • @robtatum5277
    @robtatum5277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    10/10 beautiful

  • @carmendaiken6074
    @carmendaiken6074 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wanna live there omfg I love it 😀

  • @kellyheighway5411
    @kellyheighway5411 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks cute

  • @frusen_sol
    @frusen_sol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    exquisit castle

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Gorgeous! Wonder if I can get a planning permission to build one new :-)

    • @nalatreborrenoclaf9648
      @nalatreborrenoclaf9648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why make a loser comment. You clearly do not have the fund's.

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nalatreborrenoclaf9648 My planning permission is for a passive house looking like a Greek temple. Enjoy your misery!

    • @tamurkhawaja7279
      @tamurkhawaja7279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zapfanzapfan good luck 👌

  • @wendyraymond1751
    @wendyraymond1751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow x absolutely love it x thanku x love an god bless x

  • @euan4465
    @euan4465 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is awsome

  • @blurryflag6466
    @blurryflag6466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty pretty

  • @wayne90079
    @wayne90079 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful and fantastic not hundred percent sure about the steps outside

  • @milliewest701
    @milliewest701 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Aylesbury just a few miles from where that is

  • @suzita4019
    @suzita4019 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely place, I love it. You could be Romeo and Juliet 😊

  • @fazem2960
    @fazem2960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's nice

  • @VAULT-TEC_INC.
    @VAULT-TEC_INC. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    @2:10 They swap that out for a sex swing when the cameras leave

    • @fergal2424
      @fergal2424 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good idea c:

  • @paulevans5226
    @paulevans5226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's up for sale now

    • @mlefun1303
      @mlefun1303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whaaat really?

  • @ukwildmaninvestigator7353
    @ukwildmaninvestigator7353 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats amazing how did they get power and running water and drainage

  • @hiphiphoray12
    @hiphiphoray12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want this house 😭

  • @oliviaslatter4625
    @oliviaslatter4625 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would feel like rapunzel lol 😂

  • @martinhiscocks7994
    @martinhiscocks7994 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved the transformation, so love to own it, but as a parent seeing those little ones put me off .

  • @dirkjordy9point714
    @dirkjordy9point714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drive past this regularly. Watched it from the road transform into what it is now. Good on them for doing it, but understand it's not ideal for a young family. It'll suit someone though.

    • @nalatreborrenoclaf9648
      @nalatreborrenoclaf9648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeh it'll suit catweasle😂

    • @silver-fd3cv
      @silver-fd3cv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It did !!
      A lovely bachelor bought it for 1 million pounds !!
      So beautiful !!
      So magical !!
      What dreams are made of !!
      He has 2 swings in one oak tree:
      One swing looks out over the beautiful landscape while the other faces the wonderous castle.
      So beautiful and serene 🥰

  • @jaywhitney789
    @jaywhitney789 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow 😎😎

  • @Ed19601
    @Ed19601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kevin has grown old

    • @nalatreborrenoclaf9648
      @nalatreborrenoclaf9648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try looking in the mirror in 30 years time and your words will come back to haunt you.

    • @Ed19601
      @Ed19601 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nalatreborrenoclaf9648 doubt it as i don't expect to live anymore by then

  • @boboneill6554
    @boboneill6554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ikea?

  • @Spartan_221
    @Spartan_221 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A lot of hard work pays off . As if he waited 1 year just for planning permission 🤦‍♂️😂

  • @ell1090
    @ell1090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to do this

  • @Bart-Did-it
    @Bart-Did-it 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kevin McCloud of the Clan McCloud lost his head

  • @scouser2010ify
    @scouser2010ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw this episode the husband and architect seemed like they were into each other 😂

  • @terrytay1774
    @terrytay1774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great except for full living room!

  • @KoroushKarimi-pm8tj
    @KoroushKarimi-pm8tj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👌👌👌👌👌👌👌💯

  • @razz0rric106
    @razz0rric106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow

  • @wanderer1955
    @wanderer1955 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The handrail looked a bit ropey.

  • @MrDamianstep
    @MrDamianstep 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That castle should be for royal family 👪 🦋so they will see how it feels when people can't afford to buy flats anymore and need to live in tiny spaces or rent privately very expensive places or live with family 👪

  • @nancibaft4304
    @nancibaft4304 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    💞💞💞💞💞

  • @marlingreen5946
    @marlingreen5946 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So expensive for those ruins!!

  • @jonathanjohnson7764
    @jonathanjohnson7764 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How odd that they say they are rough and ready 🤣more like silver spoon.