The Great House Revival

Historic re-enactors Liz and Gordon Jones have travelled from Connecticut in the USA to create their retirement home in an Irish castle. It's roofless and looks like it might be blown down by the next gust of wind, but they buy Sigginstown Castle in Co Wexford and spend three years lovingly restoring it. They enlist the skills of the Irish crafts community to help them fell oak trees for timbers, make their own bricks and fire their own tiles, just as the castle's original builders would have done. It's a labour of love and could not be more time consuming, but they revel in the battle of saving a historic building before it falls to the ground.