{"id":289771,"date":"2025-11-29T13:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289771\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T13:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:51:09","slug":"grand-designs-kevin-mccloud-visits-winchester-designed-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289771\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Designs: Kevin McCloud visits Winchester-designed home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The award-winning Ferry House, on the outskirts of Salisbury, featured in the second episode of the series, hosted by Kevin McCloud, on November 26.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The home was designed by Hampshire firm AR Design Studio.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It has three wings of accommodation, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburyjournal.co.uk\/business\/business\/25186412.winchester-firm-ar-design-studio-wins-riba-award-salisbury-home\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">design was\u00a0\u201cinspired by the riverside setting, with marshland views to the spire of Salisbury Cathedral<\/a> and the form of the local red kites that circle above\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Architects used an upside down house approach to ensure all\u00a0amenities could be accommodated on a single floor.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Inside Ferry House (Image: Martin Gardner)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Before the episode aired, an AR Design Studio spokesperson said: &#8220;Exciting news: <a href=\"https:\/\/ardesignstudio.co.uk\/new-build\/ferry-house?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ferry House<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0feature on the RIBA Grand Designs &#8216;House of the Year&#8217; TV Show.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We would once again like to thank those involved in the project, and the clients for their open-minded approach to contemporary design from which\u00a0their award-winning home evolved.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The episode is available to watch on catch-up on Channel 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In May, Ferry House won a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) award for the\u00a0South West &amp; Wessex region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The award-winning Ferry House, on the outskirts of Salisbury, featured in the second episode of the series, hosted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-289771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}