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The Best Episodes of Grand Designs Season 3

Every episode of Grand Designs Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Grand Designs Season 3!

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British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 1 - The Wooden Box, Peterborough
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #1 - The Wooden Box, Peterborough

    S3:E1

    'Is it a bold contemporary design or a garden shed?' John and Terri found themselves asking, halfway into their build. They had knocked down a derelict house in a beautiful rural setting and commissioned commercial architects to build them a new one. But was it too small for them, their young son and the baby on the way?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 2 - The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #2 - The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire

    S3:E2

    The 1930s derelict water-works Chris and Leanne fell in love with was huge and its design had clearly been inspired by Gilbert Scott's Bankside power station, now better known as the Tate Modern. But nothing would deter the couple. 'We looked at it,' said Chris, 'and saw our home.'

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 3 - The Woodsman's Cottage, Sussex
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #3 - The Woodsman's Cottage, Sussex

    S3:E3

    For 10 years, Ben lived in tents and caravans in a wood in West Sussex. As a woodsman, he needed and wanted to live among the trees. But after a battle with planning he finally got permission to build himself a house with more creature comforts. He invited volunteers to help him build one by hand, from the materials growing around him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 4 - The Victorian Threshing Barn, Surrey
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #4 - The Victorian Threshing Barn, Surrey

    S3:E4

    For Philip and Angela, the build was part of a life change that had begun two years earlier. Just after their second daughter was born, Philip fell seriously ill, prompting the family to leave London and move back to his parents' village. Acquiring the site was easy, as Philip's parents owned it. Getting planning permission took longer, and a crucial factor in their success was that they would be restoring the outside of the barn and keeping the innovation hidden.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 5 - Inverted Roof-House, Buckinghamshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Inverted Roof-House, Buckinghamshire

    S3:E5

    Tom and Judy wanted more than just a home for themselves and their two children. On a site of outstanding natural beauty in Buckinghamshire, they set out to build an ambitious house - a symphony of angles, glass walls and exposed steel, with a dramatic inverted roof. Tom made himself site manager and main contractor. He had no experience but he liked a challenge - and, after all, how difficult could it be?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 6 - The Terrace Conversion, Hackney, London
    6.0/10(13 votes)

    #6 - The Terrace Conversion, Hackney, London

    S3:E6

    After 10 years of living in a small house in east London, John and Eleni hankered after modern, open-plan living. They didn't want to move, so they decided to give their Victorian terrace home a radical redesign. The house was in a conservation area, so the outside had to remain unchanged. Inside, however, they decided to rip out everything including walls, ceilings, floors and start again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 7 - The Underground House, Cumbria
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #7 - The Underground House, Cumbria

    S3:E7

    The old quarry stood on a slope of the Eden valley and commanded beautiful views. Local architect John Bodger designed a two-storey house that burrowed backwards into the rock and made maximum use of natural resources for light, warmth and power.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 8 - The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #8 - The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 9 - Revisited: The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Revisited: The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales

    S3:E9

    Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 1 Kevin McCloud revisits Adrian and Corrina, who decided their first home was to be a 300-year-old ruin. The former cottage is set in the inhospitable climate of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 10 - Revisited: The Dilapidated Georgian House, London
    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Revisited: The Dilapidated Georgian House, London

    S3:E10

    Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 2 Kevin revisits Tony and Sharon, who fell in love with a completely dilapidated Georgian home in London and undertook the challenging task of restoring it to its former glory

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 11 - Revisited: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Revisited: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

    S3:E11

    Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 3 Kevin is in Amersham to update on a project taken on by Deborah and architect Andrew. Their venture involved designing an 'invisible' house that blended in with the surrounding reservoirs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 12 - Revisited: The Derelict Barns, Devon
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Revisited: The Derelict Barns, Devon

    S3:E12

    Revisited Season 2 (2002) episode 4 Kevin travels to the beautiful setting of south Devon to revisit Sue and Martin, whose dream was to create a family home using old English building techniques

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 13 - Revisited: The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Revisited: The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire

    S3:E13

    Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 1 Kevin McCloud returns to the Lambourn Valley to meet a couple who took three years to finish building their home on the Berkshire Downs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 14 - Revisited: The House of Straw: 2nd Revisiting, Islington, North London
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Revisited: The House of Straw: 2nd Revisiting, Islington, North London

    S3:E14

    Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 2 Kevin McCloud revisits the improbable Islington home of two architects who built their avant-garde north-east London house out of straw bales, springs, nappy cladding and silver tin

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 15 - Revisited: The Former Electricity Sub-Station, Sunderland
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Revisited: The Former Electricity Sub-Station, Sunderland

    S3:E15

    Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 3 Kevin McCloud catches up with a couple he met some years when they set about the task of converting a disused electricity substation in Sunderland into a four-bed family home

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Grand Designs Season 3 Episode 16 - Revisited: The English Barn, Berkshire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Revisited: The English Barn, Berkshire

    S3:E16

    Revisited Season 3 (2003) episode 4 Kevin McCloud revisits retired couple Denys and Marjorie Randolph from Berkshire, who had decided to embark on their final building project, a brand new, green oak, barn-style house

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Wooden Box, Peterborough" is the best rated episode of "Grand Designs" season 3. It scored 6.8/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/12/2003. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire".