Kevin meets a master craftsman whose dream is to build a castle made entirely of mud. Kevin McCabe is the leading living exponent of the ancient art of cob building - wrestling houses out of mud using his bare hands. But Kevin doesn't just want to build another cob house, he wants to build a cob castle. Not only that, Kevin also wants their gigantic new cob house to meet the highest environmental performance targets ever set. It is truly an almighty challenge. The house will be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses - the largest of which is inspired by the natural geometry of a snail shell - connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild-flower meadow roofs to mirror the surrounding Devon countryside. But building it involves mixing and laying a mind boggling 2000 tonnes of cob, all during warm sunny weather. Kevin is determined to have the main cob walls up in a few months. But soon the sheer scale of the task becomes clear.
| Title | Grand Designs - Season 13 Episode 8 : East Devon: Cob Castle |
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| Alternative Titles | Vores store byggeeventyr, Grandes Diseños, طراحی های عظیم, 宏觀設計 |
| Subtitle Available |
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| First Air Date | 1999-04-29 |
| Last Air Date | 2025-11-12 |
| Number of Episodes | 252 |
| Number of Seasons | 27 |
| Genres | Documentary, |
| Networks | Channel 4, |
| Casts | Kevin McCloud |
| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 1 The 1920s Cinema The 1920s Cinema
2013-09-04British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 2 North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion
2013-09-11British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 3 York: The Giant Farm Shed York: The Giant Farm Shed
2013-09-18British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 4 Devon Devon
2013-09-25British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 5 South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire
2013-10-02British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 6 Monmouthshire: Japanese House Monmouthshire: Japanese House
2013-10-09British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 7 South London: Modernist Masterpiece South London: Modernist Masterpiece
2013-10-16British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 8 East Devon: Cob Castle East Devon: Cob Castle
2013-10-23British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 9 Newbury: Christmas Farm Newbury: Christmas Farm
2013-10-30British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 10 Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa
2013-11-06British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 11 Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home
2013-11-13British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
