Grand Designs Beach House Devon
The lighthouse from the 'saddest ever' episode of Grand Designs, which is going up for sale for £10 million, will not be completed by the end of this year as expected. Edward Short's luxury lighthouse – known as Chesil Cliff House – located in Croyde, North Devon, has taken almost 10 years to build. Completion was expected by the end of 2021, but that date has now been moved to early 2022, likely in spring, estate agents Knight Frank confirms to House Beautiful UK.
Despite a delay to the completed build, viewers could soon revisit the project which first aired in 2019, after Kevin McCloud recently revealed to us that Grand Designs are making plans to return to Edward's property for a follow-up episode.
With just a few months to go until Edward's passion project is ready for a new owner to live in, there are high hopes for the landmark property (pictured above), which is being described as 'one of the most impressive waterfront homes' on the North Devon coast.
The sale includes Chesil Cliff House, engineered by HOP Consulting (the firm behind marine developments such as Brighton Marina), and its annexe known as The Eye.
'I'll always be proud to have finished this,' Edward says. 'I owe it to my family to have a real end result, but the time has come to move on. I will have achieved what I set out to do, never deviating from the plans, and for that I'll always be proud.'
What happened on Grand Designs?
The episode, which first aired in October 2019, is a memorable one. It's one of the most watched and talked about episodes of Grand Designs, and it was described by viewers as both 'sad' and 'tragic'.
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In a nutshell, the episode followed Edward, his wife Hazel, and their two daughters Lauren and Nicole over eight years as he pursued his 'little boy's dream' of a white art deco-style lighthouse along the rugged clifftop.
The couple demolished their 1950s house to embark on the mammoth build and it's a project they hoped would take just 18 months to complete, but it soon spiralled out of control. It was a slow and complicated build, there were funding issues, and the couple even built a separate single-storey house called The Eye to borrow money against it. Kevin McCloud returned to visit the site in 2019, and by then Edward was in £4 million worth of debt, with an unfinished house and a collapsed marriage.
Want a full recap of the episode? See our breakdown here
Why doesn't Edward live in the lighthouse if the build is now near to completion?
The episode ended with Edward adamant that he would finish the project. However, he has to sell the house in order to cover the substantial amount of money he borrowed to build it.
For the last few years, the half finished building has been an eyesore for locals, which even Edward has agreed with. In an interview in October 2019, Edward said he hoped the lighthouse would be completed by September 2020. But of course, the build faced further delays as a result of the pandemic.
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In April 2020, remedial works were in progress to repair damage caused by the weather. A few months later in June 2020, Devon Live reported that North Devon Council had issued an enforcement notice to remove the white panel fencing surrounding Chesil Cliff House. The removal didn't happen, as Edward said it was a health and safety matter. 'With the site opening recently it can not currently be removed. If there is no fence then there will be no finished building,' he said at the time.
So what are the key features of the lighthouse?
Edward's original plan was a six-bedroom lighthouse with an 18 metre infinity pool, cinema, 9ft high windows, and a glazed observation room at the top of the tower with uninterrupted views to the sea beyond.
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Almost a decade later and soon to be on the market with Knight Frank, Chesil Cliff House comprises five bedrooms and bathrooms, four reception rooms, a sauna and a cellar. The property has a south-facing position and ease of access to the water with a private beach and foreshore. The property will include the three-bedroom studio annexe known as The Eye and a double garage.
Professor Alan Phillips, Architect of Chesil Cliff House, comments: 'Our commission provided a rare opportunity to design a contemporary coastal house in one of the most beautiful places in England. The architectural concept had to be bold and elegant. That was achieved through the use of contrasting geometries – rectangles and circles – culminating in a poolside four-storey glass topped rotunda, and a guest house cut out of the rock face with sea views framed by a single arch.'
Image courtesy of Alan Phillips Architects
Due to the unique clifftop position of the property, the lighthouse has been anchored into the bed rock of the cliff, painstakingly engineered to a level that leaves no possibility for erosional hazard.
Positioned on a three-acre site between surfers' paradise Saunton Sands, Chesil Cliff House is backed by the impressive UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Braunton Burrows, and the idyllic cove of Croyde, beyond which sits National Trust-owned Baggy Point.
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'Chesil Cliff House will be the most significant coastal property to come to the open market in the West Country for many years,' says Christopher Bailey, Head of National Waterfront at Knight Frank. 'It is iconic in the true meaning of the word and there is nothing else to compare it to on the market right now. It certainly sits at the very top of the national coastal waterfront market and I have no doubt it will attract keen interest globally.'
Chesil Cliff House won't launch to the open market until early next year but interested parties can register their interest through Knight Frank.
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