Grand designs houses

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Grand Designs UK, 2015. Cantilever home, Isle of Wight.

Image 8 of 21 from gallery of RIBA Announces Longlist of UK's 2021 House of the Year Awards. Wolds Barn (Yorkshire) by ID Architecture . Image Courtesy of RIBA

A contemporary extension to an 18th century farmhouse in Gloucestershire has scooped the award.

Steam-bending expert Tom Raffield, 34 - along with his wife Danielle, 36 - upped the scale of his creative vision to design an impressive timber-framed family home in South Cornwall.

Image 1 of 20 from gallery of West Yard Farm / van Ellen + Sheryn. Photograph by Richard Downer Photography

All houses evolve over time. Acton, which is almost 200 years old, has changed from a grand (but modest) early colonial manor house with servants/convicts, whi…

Combining old with new, the Monmouthshire property is on the RIBA House of the Year long list

Rob and Ruth take on a protected, crumbling mill in the Lake District, to much skepticism from self-build guru Kevin McCloud.