Great British Buildings: Restoration of the Year

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4 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired March 23, 2017

Overview

Kevin McCloud and Dr Anna Keay explore the UK's most incredible restorations of historic buildings of 2016

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Victorian

Season 1 - Episode 2 - 1h 45m

Air Date

March 30, 2017

Overview

The Victorian category comes into focus as Kevin McCloud and Anna Keay present more building restorations in the running for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Restoration of the Year award. Anna explores Mount Stewart, an imposing country house in Northern Ireland, and Wilton's Music Hall in east London. Architectural historian Jonathan Foyle visits the Pump House in Barry, Wales, and historic building surveyor Marianne Suhr looks round a medieval-style castle in Stornoway in the Scottish Highlands. At the end of the programme, it is revealed which buildings have been chosen to make the final shortlist.