Grand Designs Water Tank home in Kent on sale for . Bruno and Denise bought a Victorian gamekeeper's cottage in the 1. By that point the building was just a shell and the pitched roof had collapsed. They didn't discover until much later it had actually been designed by Lutyens to provide a private water supply for Great Maytham Hall. They decided to create a unique home in the derelict tower but had to sell their cottage to fund the project and live in a caravan for two years to see their vision become a reality. The build itself took 1. Underwater: The new part of the building, which sits between the legs of the original water tower, has three rooms, including one for dining (pictured)Sitting back: The section under the tank also has a sitting room, and every room in the house offers a spectacular view Modern: There is a kitchen/breakfast room and the entire house has has zoned underfloor heating, solid oak flooring, exposed steal beams and ceramic flagstones.

FROM DEVON TO NEW DELHI: COUNTRY LIFE ARCHITECT WHO MADE LAVISH RETREATS FOR THE RICH Sir Edwin Lutyens built a reputation for building lavish retreats for the wealthy thanks to the magazine Country Life, which regularly featured his work. Buildings such as Great Maytham Hall, which inspired children's book The Secret Garden, and Castle Drogo, in Devon, helped him gain commissions to design some of the world's most famous landmarks. He designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall, where the Queen lays a wreath on Remembrance Sunday every year, and was largely responsible for the design of India's New Delhi. His most famous works include:  1.

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Deanery Garden, Sonning, Berkshire. British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London. Hyderabad House, New Delhi.

Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi. Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton, Devon. The Midland Bank, Manchester.

Baroda House, New Delhi. The original water tower, which Bruno described as a 'square concrete box on long spindly legs', could hold 2. The 'tank' now contains the three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Love And Hip Hop Season 5 Episode 15. The new part of the building, which sits between the legs of the original water tower, has a kitchen/breakfast room, dining room and sitting room, with a utility room and toilet on the floor below the main living space.

It has zoned underfloor heating, solid oak flooring, exposed steal beams and ceramic flagstones. It has 1. 4 acres with a lawn with planting, a vegetable garden and a paddock and far- reaching views over the surrounding countryside. Bruno, 6. 8, a retired sculptor and art teacher, said: 'We bought this little gamekeeper's cottage and at the bottom of the garden was a concrete water tower. It just came with the property and we didn't give it a thought at first.'A solicitor had told us it had some history to it and eventually we did a bit of research and found out it was the private water supply for Great Maytham, which was rebuilt by Edwin Lutyens in the early 1. His attention to detail, and because it was for a private water supply, meant he put a roof on the tower to match the house.'When we got planning permission to turn it into a house they said the design would have to be of outstanding architectural interest so we got an architect who had worked on a concrete bunker in Chislehurst.'Grand Designs had phoned up the local planning people and asked if they had any interesting designs and they told them about the mad couple building a home in a water tower and living in a caravan.'I think Kevin must have liked it because he did revisit on the show.'The episode seems to be shown on TV quite a lot.

I think it just caught people's imagination, it's a lovely place.'There were some issues - the concrete engineers who cut the windows out of the tower said it would take six days and it took them two weeks and there was one cold, bleak Christmas when we were thinking it's never going to happen.'But the builders were great and it was nice coming home from work and seeing what they had achieved each day.'From the outside it looks quite austere but inside it's a really comfortable house. It's very easy to maintain and, although it's not big, when we have had parties we've had upwards of 5.

Country view: It has 1. Top three: In 2. 01. Kevin Mc. Cloud, who had originally described it as an 'ugly brute of a building' when he first went to visit the couple, named the Water Tower as one of his top three Grand Designs.

Bold decision: They decided to create a unique home in the derelict tower but had to sell their cottage to fund the project and live in a caravan for two years. It took 1. 1 months and gave the couple 1,6.

Taking shape: Living in a caravan and under great stress at work, the build was not an easy time for Mr Del Tufo. But, he said, 'the builders were great and it was nice coming home from work and seeing what they had achieved each day'Picturesque: Mr Del Tufo said: 'There's lovely views from every single window, now that I'm retired I spent a lot of time just looking out the windows enjoying the view''There's lovely views from every single window, now that I'm retired I spent a lot of time just looking out the windows enjoying the view.'We love the house and it's not an easy decision to sell, but it's a bit like being in a relay race, we feel now is the right time to hand the baton on to someone else.'In 2. Kevin Mc. Cloud, who had originally described it as an 'ugly brute of a building' when he first went to visit the couple, named the Water Tower as one of his top 3 Grand Designs. He said: 'This house had a life- changing effect on Bruno who was undergoing enormous work- related stress when it was being built. His new home gave him enormous confidence at a time of serious self- doubt.

You can't ask more of a home than that.'. Watch The Theory Of Everything Online Fandango.