S01E04: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

Season 1

The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex
S1E1 / 29 Apr 1999
The English Barn, Oxfordshire
S1E2 / 06 May 1999
The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
S1E3 / 13 May 1999
The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
S1E4 / 20 May 1999
The Eco-House, Suffolk
S1E5 / 03 Jun 1999
The Chapel, Cornwall
S1E6 / 10 Jun 1999
The House of Straw, Islington, North London
S1E7 / 17 Jun 1999
The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster
S1E8 / 24 Jun 1999

Season 2

The Regency Villa, Farnham, Surrey
S2E1 / 17 Jul 2001
The New England Gable House, Sussex
S2E2 / 24 Jul 2001
The Wool Mill, Netherton, Yorkshire
S2E3 / 31 Jul 2001
The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales
S2E4 / 07 Aug 2001
The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire
S2E5 / 14 Aug 2001
The Self-Build, Birmingham
S2E6 / 21 Aug 2001
The Jewel Box, London
S2E7 / 28 Aug 2001
The Derelict Barns, Devon
S2E8 / 04 Sep 2001
Revisited: The Glass-House, Doncaster
S2E9 / 11 Aug 2001
Revisited: The Eco-House, Suffolk
S2E10 / 15 Nov 2001
Revisited: The House of Straw, Islington, North London
S2E11 / 22 Nov 2001
Revisited: The Self-Build, Birmingham
S2E12 / 29 Nov 2001
Revisited: The Co-Op, Brighton
S2E13 / 06 Dec 2001

Season 3

The Wooden Box, Peterborough
S3E1 / 12 Feb 2003
The Water-Works, Whaley, Derbyshire
S3E2 / 19 Feb 2003
The Woodsman's Cottage, Sussex
S3E3 / 26 Feb 2003
The Victorian Threshing Barn, Surrey
S3E4 / 05 Mar 2003
Inverted Roof-House, Buckinghamshire
S3E5 / 12 Mar 2003
The Terrace Conversion, Hackney, London
S3E6 / 17 Sep 2003
The Underground House, Cumbria
S3E7 / 24 Sep 2003
The Traditional Cottage, Herefordshire
S3E8 / 01 Oct 2003
Revisited: The Isolated Cottage, Brecon Beacons, Wales
S3E9 / 10 Sep 2002
Revisited: The Dilapidated Georgian House, London
S3E10 / 17 Sep 2002
Revisited: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
S3E11 / 24 Sep 2002
Revisited: The Derelict Barns, Devon
S3E12 / 01 Oct 2002
Revisited: The Cruciform House, Lambourn Valley, Berkshire
S3E13 / 08 Oct 2003
Revisited: The House of Straw: 2nd Revisiting, Islington, North London
S3E14 / 15 Oct 2003
Revisited: The Former Electricity Sub-Station, Sunderland
S3E15 / 22 Oct 2003
Revisited: The English Barn, Berkshire
S3E16 / 29 Oct 2003

Season 4

Waterloo: The Violin Factory
S4E1 / 21 Jan 2004
Surrey: Customised German Kit House
S4E2 / 28 Jan 2004
Revisited - Buckinghamshire: The Inverted-Roof House
S4E3 / 04 Feb 2004
Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
S4E4 / 11 Feb 2004
Clapham: The Curved House
S4E5 / 18 Feb 2004
Sussex: The Modernist Sugar Cube
S4E6 / 25 Feb 2004
Argyll: The Oak-Framed House
S4E7 / 03 Mar 2004
Dorset: An Idiosyncratic Home
S4E8 / 10 Mar 2004

Season 5

Revisited - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
S5E1 / 06 Apr 2005
Peckham: The Sliding Glass Roof House
S5E2 / 13 Apr 2005
Gloucester: The 16th Century Farmhouse
S5E3 / 20 Apr 2005
Kent: Finnish Log Cabin
S5E4 / 27 Apr 2005
Revisited - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion
S5E5 / 04 May 2005
Revisited - Waterloo: The Violin Factory
S5E6 / 13 Oct 2005
Devon: Shaped Like a Curvy Seashell
S5E7 / 19 Oct 2005
Revisited - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage
S5E8 / 26 Oct 2005
Belfast: A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa
S5E9 / 02 Nov 2005
Devon: Miami Style Beach House
S5E10 / 09 Nov 2005
Carmarthen: The Eco-House
S5E11 / 16 Nov 2005

Season 6

The Loch House, Killearn
S6E1 / 05 Apr 2006
The Contemporary Barn Conversion, Ross-on-Wye
S6E2 / 12 Apr 2006
Stirling: The Contemporary Cedar Clad Home
S6E3 / 19 Apr 2006
Water Tower Conversion, Ashford
S6E4 / 29 Apr 2006
Revisited: 19th Century Manor House, Creuse
S6E5 / 17 May 2006
Revisited: 300 Year Old Chalet
S6E6 / 10 May 2006
Garden House aka Mies van der Rohe Inspired House
S6E7 / 17 May 2006
Revisited: The Curved House
S6E8 / 23 May 2006

Season 7

Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle
S7E1 / 28 Feb 2007
Thatched Cottage, Hampshire
S7E2 / 07 Mar 2007
Eco-barge, Medway
S7E3 / 14 Mar 2007
The Bournemouth Penthouse
S7E4 / 21 Mar 2007
The Eco-House: Revisited
S7E5 / 28 Mar 2007
Birmingham: The Birmingham Church
S7E6 / 04 Apr 2007
Guildford: The Art Deco House
S7E7 / 11 Apr 2007
Revisited: The Sliding Glass Roof House, Peckham
S7E8 / 18 Apr 2007
Revisited: The Oak-Framed House, Argyll
S7E9 / 25 Apr 2007
Cambridge: The Cambridgeshire Eco Home
S7E10 / 02 May 2007
Revisited: The Tuscany Castle, Tuscany, Italy
S7E11 / 09 May 2007
London: The Glass and Timber House
S7E12 / 16 May 2007

Season 8

Cheltenham: The Underground House
S8E1 / 16 Jan 2008
Oxford: The Decagon House
S8E2 / 23 Jan 2008
Bristol: The Modernist Sugar Cube
S8E3 / 30 Jan 2008
The Gothic House
S8E4 / 06 Feb 2008
Midlothian: The Lime Kiln House
S8E5 / 13 Feb 2008
The Bath Kit House
S8E6 / 20 Feb 2008
Revisited - Masseria Impisi: An Artists' Retreat
S8E7 / 27 Feb 2008
Revisited - Peterborough- The Wooden Box
S8E8 / 05 Mar 2008
Revisited - German Kit House
S8E9 / 12 Mar 2008
Revisited - Surrey- The Victorian Threshing Barn
S8E10 / 19 Mar 2008
Cumbria Underground House Revisited
S8E11 / 26 Mar 2008
Maidstone: The Hi Tech Bungalow
S8E12 / 02 Apr 2008

Season 9

The Apprentice Store, Somerset
S9E1 / 28 Jan 2009
The Chilterns Water Mill, Oxfordshire
S9E2 / 04 Feb 2009
The Newport Folly, Newport
S9E3 / 11 Feb 2009
The Eco Arch, Kent
S9E4 / 18 Feb 2009
The Brittany Groundhouse, Brittany
S9E5 / 25 Feb 2009
The Marlborough Farm house, Wiltshire
S9E6 / 04 Mar 2009
The Prefabricated house, Kent
S9E7 / 11 Mar 2009
Revisited- Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle
S9E8 / 08 Apr 2009
Revisited: The Hexagonal Straw Baled House, Cambridgeshire
S9E9 / 25 Mar 2009
Brighton- The Modern Mansion
S9E10 / 09 Nov 2011
Revisted: The Thatched Cottage, Hampshire
S9E11 / 15 Apr 2009
Revisted: The Loch House, Killearn
S9E12 / 22 Apr 2009
Revisited: The Woodman's Cottage, Sussex
S9E13 / 29 Apr 2009

Season 10

Isle of Wight: The Tree House
S10E1 / 15 Sep 2010
Cotswold: The Stealth House
S10E2 / 22 Sep 2010
Woodbridge: The Modest Home
S10E3 / 29 Sep 2010
Stowmarket: The Tudor Guildhall
S10E4 / 06 Oct 2010
Ipswich: The Radian House
S10E5 / 13 Oct 2010
Lizard Peninsular: The Scandinavian House
S10E6 / 20 Oct 2010
West Cumbria: The Adaptahaus
S10E7 / 27 Oct 2010
Lake District: The Dome House
S10E8 / 03 Nov 2010
The Brittany Groundhouse: Revisited
S10E9 / 10 Nov 2010
The Glass & Timber House: Revisited
S10E10 / 17 Nov 2010
A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa: Revisited
S10E11 / 24 Nov 2010
House from Straw: Revisited
S10E12 / 01 Dec 2010
The Water Tower: 2nd Revisiting
S10E13 / 08 Dec 2010
The Lime Kiln House: Revisited
S10E14 / 15 Dec 2010

Season 11

Morpeth: The Derelict Mill Cottage
S11E1 / 14 Sep 2011
London: The Contemporary Mansion
S11E2 / 21 Sep 2011
Tenby: The Lifeboat Station
S11E3 / 28 Sep 2011
Essex: The Large Timber-framed Barn
S11E4 / 05 Oct 2011
Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-framed House
S11E5 / 12 Oct 2011
Cornwall: The Dilapidated Engine House
S11E6 / 19 Oct 2011
London: The Disco Home
S11E7 / 26 Oct 2011
The Dome House: Revisited
S11E8 / 02 Nov 2011
The Eco Arch: Revisited
S11E9 / 28 Nov 2012
The Water Tower Conversion: Revisited
S11E10 / 16 Nov 2011
The Adaptahaus: Revisited
S11E11 / 23 Nov 2011
The Headcorn Minimalist House: Revisited
S11E12 / 30 Nov 2011

Season 12

Cloontykilla Castle, Ireland
S12E1 / 12 Sep 2012
The Computer Cut House, Herefordshire
S12E2 / 19 Sep 2012
The Glass Cubes House
S12E3 / 26 Sep 2012
The Thames Boathouse
S12E4 / 10 Oct 2012
The Derelict Water Tower
S12E5 / 17 Oct 2012
The Edwardian Artist's Studio
S12E6 / 24 Oct 2012
Isle of Skye: The Larch-Clad House
S12E7 / 31 Oct 2012
London: The Joinery Workshop
S12E8 / 07 Nov 2012
The Tree House: Revisited
S12E9 / 14 Nov 2012
The Disco Home: Revisited
S12E10 / 21 Nov 2012
The Large Timber-Framed Barn: Revisited
S12E11 / 28 Nov 2012
The Co-Op: 2nd Revisiting
S12E12 / 05 Dec 2012

Season 13

South Yorkshire: The 1920s Cinema
S13E1 / 04 Sep 2013
North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion
S13E2 / 11 Sep 2013
York: The Giant Farm Shed
S13E3 / 18 Sep 2013
Tiverton: The Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage
S13E4 / 25 Sep 2013
South Lanarkshire: The Metal Sculptural Home
S13E5 / 02 Oct 2013
Monmouthshire: Japanese House
S13E6 / 09 Oct 2013
South London: Modernist Masterpiece
S13E7 / 16 Oct 2013
East Devon: Cob Castle
S13E8 / 23 Oct 2013
Newbury: Christmas Farm
S13E9 / 30 Oct 2013
Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa
S13E10 / 06 Nov 2013
Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home
S13E11 / 13 Nov 2013

Season 14

North Wales: The Clifftop House
S14E1 / 03 Sep 2014
North Cornwall: The Cross-Laminated Timber House
S14E2 / 10 Sep 2014
Milton Keynes: Round House
S14E3 / 17 Sep 2014
County Derry: Shipping Container House
S14E4 / 24 Sep 2014
South East London: Urban Shed
S14E5 / 01 Oct 2014
Norfolk: Periscope House
S14E6 / 08 Oct 2014
River Thames: Floating House
S14E7 / 15 Oct 2014
Revisited – Creuse, France: 19th Century Manor House
S14E8 / 22 Oct 2014
Revisited – Monmouthshire: Japanese House
S14E9 / 29 Oct 2014
Revisited – Tiverton: Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage
S14E10 / 05 Nov 2014

Season 15

Living in the City
S15E1 / 09 Jul 2015
Living in the Wild
S15E2 / 16 Jul 2015
Living in Suburbia
S15E3 / 23 Jul 2015
Living in the Country
S15E4 / 30 Jul 2015

Season 16

West Sussex: The Perfectionist's Bungalow
S16E1 / 09 Sep 2015
East Sussex: The Boat House
S16E2 / 16 Sep 2015
Isle of Wight: The Seaside House
S16E3 / 23 Sep 2015
Worcestershire: The Cave House
S16E4 / 30 Sep 2015
County Antrim: The Blacksmith's House
S16E5 / 07 Oct 2015
Somerset: The Concrete Cow-Shed
S16E6 / 14 Oct 2015
Lewes: The Rusty Metal House
S16E7 / 21 Oct 2015
Revisited – Marlow: The Floating House
S16E8 / 28 Oct 2015
Revisited – Cornwall: The Cross-Laminated Timber House
S16E9 / 13 Nov 2015

Season 17

Dursley: Gloucestershire Treehouse
S17E1 / 21 Sep 2016
Horsham: Fun House
S17E2 / 28 Sep 2016
South Cornwall: Steam Bending House
S17E3 / 05 Oct 2016
Essex: Black House
S17E4 / 12 Oct 2016
Bolton: Ultra-Modern House
S17E5 / 19 Oct 2016
Pembrokeshire: Low-Impact House
S17E6 / 26 Oct 2016
Devon: Plough-Shaped House
S17E7 / 02 Nov 2016
The Wirral: Floating Timber House
S17E8 / 17 Nov 2016
Revisited – Somerset: Cowshed
S17E9 / 30 May 2017

Season 18

Malvern: Hill House
S18E1 / 06 Sep 2017
Harringey, London: Victorian Gatehouse
S18E2 / 13 Sep 2017
County Down: Agricultural House
S18E3 / 20 Sep 2017
South Hertfordshire: Roman House
S18E4 / 27 Sep 2017
South East London: Victorian Dairy House
S18E5 / 04 Oct 2017
Blackdown Hills, Devon: Snake House
S18E6 / 11 Oct 2017
Peak District: Post-Industrial House
S18E7 / 18 Oct 2017
London: Miniscule House
S18E8 / 25 Oct 2017
Revisited – Herefordshire: The Recycled Timber-Framed House
S18E9 / 01 Nov 2017

Season 19

Aylesbury Vale
S19E1 / 19 Sep 2018
Padstow
S19E2 / 26 Sep 2018
Richmond
S19E3 / 03 Oct 2018
Leominster
S19E4 / 10 Oct 2018
Sheffield
S19E5 / 17 Oct 2018
Lewes
S19E6 / 24 Oct 2018
East Devon Revisited
S19E7 / 31 Oct 2018

Season 20

Galloway
S20E1 / 04 Sep 2019
Lincolnshire
S20E2 / 11 Sep 2019
Warwickshire
S20E3 / 18 Sep 2019
Hull
S20E4 / 25 Sep 2019
Suffolk
S20E5 / 02 Oct 2019
North Devon
S20E6 / 09 Oct 2019
Strathaven Revisit 2019
S20E7 / 16 Oct 2019

Season 21

South West London: Cemetery Keeper's Lodge
S21E1 / 06 Jan 2021
Kent: Converted Barn
S21E2 / 13 Jan 2021
South Lincolnshire: Contemporary Barn House
S21E3 / 20 Jan 2021
Bletchley: Self-Heating House
S21E4 / 27 Jan 2021
Liskeard, Cornwall: Flour Mill House
S21E5 / 03 Feb 2021
Lewes Revisit 2021
S21E6 / 14 Jul 2021

Season 22

South Devon 2021
S22E1 / 01 Sep 2021
West Sussex 2021
S22E2 / 08 Sep 2021
Kinross 2021
S22E3 / 15 Sep 2021
Ely, Cambridgeshire 2021
S22E4 / 22 Sep 2021
Chichester, West Sussex 2021
S22E5 / 29 Sep 2021
South Lakeland, Cumbria 2021
S22E6 / 06 Oct 2021
East Essex 2021
S22E7 / 13 Oct 2021

Season 23

South Manchester
S23E1 / 31 Aug 2022
Tunbridge Wells
S23E2 / 07 Sep 2022
Canterbury
S23E3 / 14 Sep 2022
Chess Valley
S23E4 / 21 Sep 2022
Derbyshire
S23E5 / 28 Sep 2022
Dunstable
S23E6 / 05 Oct 2022
Sydenham Hill London
S23E7 / 12 Oct 2022
North Devon Revisit
S23E8 / 19 Oct 2022
South Somerset Revisit
S23E9 / 26 Oct 2022
Bolton Revisit
S23E10 / 02 Nov 2022
Devon Revisit
S23E11 / 09 Nov 2022

Season 24

Wye Valley, Herefordshire
S24E1 / 27 Sep 2023
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
S24E2 / 04 Oct 2023
Gloucestershire Revisit 2023
S24E3 / 11 Oct 2023
Hackney Downs 2023
S24E4 / 25 Oct 2023
South Herefordshire 2023
S24E5 / 01 Nov 2023
North Cotswolds 2023
S24E6 / 08 Nov 2023
Liskeard, Cornwall Revisit 2023
S24E7 / 29 Nov 2023
Billingshurst, Sussex Revisit 2023
S24E8 / 06 Dec 2023

Season 25

East Yorkshire 2024
S25E1 / 25 Sep 2024
Lincolnshire Wolds 2024
S25E2 / 02 Oct 2024
Keighley 2024
S25E3 / 09 Oct 2024
Henley 2024
S25E4 / 16 Oct 2024
Northamptonshire 2024
S25E5 / 23 Oct 2024
Newhaven Revisit 2024
S25E6 / 30 Oct 2024

Season 26

Worthing 2025
S26E1 / 26 Mar 2025
Bedfordshire 2025
S26E2 / 02 Apr 2025
North London 2025
S26E3 / 09 Apr 2025
Hackney Revisit 2025
S26E4 / 16 Apr 2025
Richmond Revisit 2025
S26E5 / 23 Apr 2025

Season 27

Durham Dales 2025
S27E1 / 01 Oct 2025
Southwater 2025
S27E2 / 08 Oct 2025
Pembrokeshire 2025
S27E3 / 15 Oct 2025
Surrey Hills 2025
S27E4 / 22 Oct 2025
Stratford-upon-Avon 2025
S27E5 / 29 Oct 2025
Revisited – The Wirral
S27E6 / 05 Nov 2025
Revisited – Kent: Converted Barn
S27E7 / 12 Nov 2025

Season 28

St Minver, Cornwall 2026
S28E1 / 16 Sep 2026
Kentish Town 2026
S28E2 / 23 Sep 2026
North West London 2026
S28E3 / 30 Sep 2026
East Edinburgh 2026
S28E4 / 07 Oct 2026
Huddersfield Revisit 2026
S28E5 / 14 Oct 2026
Bletchley Revisit 2026
S28E6 / 21 Oct 2026

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