Grand Designs - Season 6 - Eps 2: The Contemporary Barn Conversion, Ross-on-Wye
Hillcott Barn looked more like a Tuscan monastery than an English barn. When the farmer put it up for sale, most people who viewed it walked away. It was dark and isolated and could only be reached by a half mile farm track with a steep 1:8 gradient. But furniture designer Robert Ellis (58) had had his eye on it for some time. For years he’d been jogging past the barn and always thought one day he’d like to live there. Against all advice, Rob and his wife Jane, (58) a textile designer, went ahead and bought the barn for £210,000 and proposed to convert at £250,000.
About Grand Designs

Title: Grand Designs
First Air Date: 1999-04-29
Last Air Date: 2024-10-30
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 50 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 26
Total Episodes: 236
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Talkback
Synopsis
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Cast

Kevin McCloud
Host