{"id":5784,"date":"2022-01-09T17:15:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/\/grand-designs-houses\/grand-designs-house-best-views\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:45:50","slug":"grand-designs-houses-great-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/grand-designs-houses\/grand-designs-houses-great-views\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Grand Designs houses with great views"},"content":{"rendered":"

These impressive houses from the Grand Designs TV series all have great views. Each one demonstrates considered use of location and orientation \u2013 not to mention masterful glazing \u2013 in order to frame the picture-perfect vista.<\/p>\n

1. Dutch barn, Lincolnshire<\/h2>\n

Nathan and Amye Marshall wanted their barn-inspired home<\/a> to have a bedroom with a large window framing a view of\u00a0 the Lincolnshire countryside. Kevin McCloud questioned having such a big window in this private space. Particularly as the bedroom includes an open plan ensuite bathroom. But the room is not overlooked and has sweeping curtains to keep the room darker for longer in the summer. The resulting space is both practical and quite spectacular.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Andy Haslam<\/p><\/div>\n

2. ‘Ferris Bueller house’, Cornwall<\/h2>\n

Harry and Briony Anscombe took inspiration from the house featured in the iconic 1980s movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for their dramatic self build home in Cornwall. Much like the home in the film, Harry and Briony’s American Modernist-style house<\/a> is a steel frame structure, set on the top of a sloping plot. The gradient of the slope provides for spectacular views over the surrounding countryside through vast windows in each corner of the open-plan living space. The house was put up for sale in June 2020 for \u00a32.5million.<\/p>

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