Restoration Home — Season 1, Episode 5: Calverton Manor
Documentary, Reality • 30 min • 3 seasons, 20 episodes
Episode synopsis
Calverton Manor is a collage of different architectural styles with parts thought to date back as far as the 14th century. And it comes with its very own legend involving a rich widow, the local butcher, pots of gold and murder. As the building's architectural and historical secrets begin to emerge - including high treason and arranged marriages - owners David and Jeanette are faced with a renovation that is causing problems. A main beam holding up the house has been destroyed by woodworm - it's a miracle the building hasn't collapsed. Whilst the building's past secrets are a constant fascination for the history-loving owners, the restoration process is proving to be much more testing than anyone predicted.
About Restoration Home
Following owners of crumbling historic buildings as they save them from ruin by restoring them into 21st-century dream houses.