Kevin McCloud reveals husband who appears in upcoming series of Grand Designs died during the project – and pays tribute to Nat McBride who also died while filming the series

• The Grand Designs star, 64, admitted he is currently filming a brand new episode
• Read More: Inside Kevin McCloud’s ‘favourite ever’ Grand Designs house 

Kevin McCloud revealed a husband who appears in upcoming series of Grand Designs sadly died during the project.

Speaking to New Zealand publication Stuff, the Grand Designs star, 64, admitted: ‘We are doing a very difficult project right now.

‘We had no idea and neither did our contributors, but the husband fell gravely ill and has passed away during the filming process, and it makes the narrative very hard to graft. Because you think where do we go [from here]?’ 

The episode has yet to air and Kevin didn’t share any further details about the family. 

However, it has brough back heart-wrenching memories of another death that happened during filming. 

Kevin McCloud revealed a show contestant has died during the filming of a ‘very difficult project’

He spoke about Nat McBride, who sadly died during the making of an episode from stomach cancer.

Nat and his partner Lucie Fairweather bought Hoo House in Woodbridge in 2006, and were granted planning permission in 2007 to build their dream family home. 

However the story came to a devastating end when Mr McBride was diagnosed with cancer and passed away a year later.

Lucy didn’t give up on their shared vision of building a environmentally sustainable house and continued the project with the help of architect Gerry Tate who announced during filming that he had stomach cancer. 

He dies six months later, with only one day’s filming underway.  

Lucie and Gerry went on to win an award for their impressive build in the wake of the tragedy. 

Speaking to East Anglian Times the host said: ‘Lucie’s was just fantastic. It was a wonderful story about redemption, and about her taking her late husband’s vision and building a house for her small children. 

‘It was tinged with tragedy and sadness, but also with the tremendous friendship of Gerry Tate, a great friend of her and her husband. He not only designed the home for her, but held her hand through the whole process .’

He spoke about Nat McBride, (pictured) who sadly died during the making of an episode from stomach cancer 

Nat and his partner Lucie Fairweather (right) bought Hoo House in Woodbridge in 2006, and were granted planning permission in 2007 to build their dream family home

The Grand Designs star, 64, admitted he is currently in the middle of filming a brand new episode of the Channel 4 show, which is yet to be aired, however a participant had sadly passed away

Lucy’s home is not the only home on Kevin’s list of favourites which featured on the popular television show.

Having hosted the show since 1999, Kevin has a wealth of experience in witnessing property building, restoration and redevelopment over the past 25 years.

When choosing his ‘favourite ever’ house McCloud previously gave an interesting response to viewers.

Professional architect Patrick Bradley divided opinion when he announced plans to build on a plot of land on his parents’ farm in Slaughtnell, County Derry. 

‘They all agreed I could build on a picturesque area with a stream bubbling through it,’ Mr Bradley told Grand Designs.

‘But my idea was for a bold contemporary home made of boxes balanced on top of each other. They thought it was a bit wild, and my mother was worried that I was going to ruin her favourite view forever,’ he added.

Strapped for cash when it came to building materials, Mr Bradley came up with an ingenious solution to save money, by choosing to he upcycle four shipping containers to create the new home’s frame.

Although containers are extremely strong when stacked on top of one another, Patrick’s plan to stack them in a cruciform arrangement across the weakest point was a cause for concern.

Building the property in such a way required a new steel skeleton – which had to be by steelworkers elsewhere – so that the weight of the containers could be supported centrally.

Patrick said that he was extremely nervous when the containers were arranged into their final layout, which was a boom-or-bust moment for a project that took nine months to complete back in 2014.

‘This was probably one of the most nerve-wracking experiences of any of the houses I’ve built,’ he said.

Fortunately for Patrick, he said that they turned out to be ‘as solid as a rock’.

Featuring three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with an area of 115 metres-squared, the property was built was just £130,000.

Even Patrick’s family – who had their doubts at first – were wowed by the end result.

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