{"id":108670,"date":"2025-10-30T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/108670\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:31:15","slug":"couple-build-uks-first-castle-in-100-years-on-grand-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/108670\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple build UK&#8217;s first castle in 100 years on Grand Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Now, more keen builders are ready to take on the task, not for the faint-hearted, as\u00a0Kevin travels around the UK to see the new builds in\u00a0Grand Designs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The first episode of the new series saw artist Sarah with a radical super-sustainable home that combined living quarters with a studio and an art gallery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Get ready for the biggest self-build Kevin has ever seen \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrandDesigns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#GrandDesigns<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6AZO1dD6E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/N6AZO1dD6E<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 granddesigns (@granddesigns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/granddesigns\/status\/1983549388875002282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 29, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  Sarah was followed by couple Pete and Aey, who constructed a factory-built house in rural West Sussex.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Marcus and Abi followed the pair with a &#8220;luxurious off-grid family home&#8221; in Pembrokeshire.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Last week, Kevin met Pep and Malene, who built a modern Viking hall in the Surrey Hills.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This week, Grand Designs will meet Piers and Emma, who want to build the UK&#8217;s first castle in 100 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>  UK&#8217;s first castle in 100 years built on new Grand Designs<\/p>\n<p>\n  Entrepreneur Piers and police officer Emma have big plans to create a huge 21st-century castle in the West Midlands.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After buying a folly, the pair plan to knock the building down and replace it with the UK&#8217;s first castle in 100 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Plans for the couple&#8217;s dream home include a tower, castellations, a moat, arrow slits, loggia courtyards and futuristic technology.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Recommended Reading\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Piers and Emma are also set to break a Grand Designs record by creating the show&#8217;s biggest building in its history.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, things for the pair quickly take a turn when their budget begins to soar.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Grand Designs airs on Channel 4 on Wednesday evenings at 9pm, and is available to stream on All4.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now, more keen builders are ready to take on the task, not for the faint-hearted, as\u00a0Kevin travels around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-108670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}