The Best Restoration & Repair Documentaries

Home, Garden & Craft - 31 free documentaries about restoration & repair.

Start with Unbelievable £2 Million Restoration of Scotland's Fairburn Tower (43 min, Our History), then Incredible £5 Million Restoration of a Medieval Tudor Manor House (44 min, Our History). All 31 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on restoration & repair is How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand.

• Unbelievable £2 Million Restoration of Scotland's Fairburn Tower (43 min, Our History)
• Incredible £5 Million Restoration of a Medieval Tudor Manor House (44 min, Our History)
• Renovating A Medieval Welsh Cottage: Llwyn Celyn (45 min, Our History)
• £1 Million Restoration of Kent's 800-Year-Old Cobham Dairy (45 min, Our History)
• Restoring Llwyn Celyn: The 15th Century Cottage (91 min, Our History)
• The Mission To Restore Ancient Rome's Colosseum | Colosseum (45 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Discovering The Secrets Of Llwyn Celyn: 15th Century Cottage Restoration (45 min, Our History)
• From Fierce Flames to Bridgerton Fame: How Castle Howard Was Restored (93 min, Absolute History)
• Can This Fragile UNESCO World Heritage Site Be Restored? | Heritage Rescue (45 min, Absolute History)
• Inside the Colosseum Restoration: Rome's Masterpiece Unveiled (44 min, Odyssey)
• Incredible Restoration of Three Iconic British Landmarks (132 min, Our History)
• Engineer Restores Vintage Ship's Compass | Restoration Workshop (43 min, Spark)
• Cancer Sufferer Chases her Dream of Restoring an Old Hotel (29 min, Real Stories)
• The Extensive Restoration Work On The 400-Year-Old Taj Mahal | Monumental Challenge (52 min, Spark)
• Engineer Repurposes Old Helicopter Parts | Restoration Workshop (43 min, Spark)
• Restoring Paolo Uccello's 'Battle of San Romano' | Part 2 | National Gallery (20 min, The National Gallery)
• A scientific investigation of Botticelli's 'Adoration' | Restoring Botticelli 3/3 | National Gallery (18 min, The National Gallery)
• Why did a restorer hide ‘quirky’ pink trees and shimmering clouds? | National Gallery (14 min, The National Gallery)
• Season 5, Episode 19: The secrets of art restoration with Simon Gillespie (34 min, ZCZ Films)
• Restoring a rare and mysterious Northern Renaissance altarpiece | National Gallery (14 min, The National Gallery)
• Art restoration of one of our largest paintings: Relining Van Dyck's 'Charles I' | 2 (15 min, The National Gallery)
• Painting with wax! Restoring Reynolds’s portrait of the Earl and Countess of Ely | National Gallery (14 min, The National Gallery)
• Uncovering restoration secrets of Rubens's 'The Judgement of Paris' | National Gallery (15 min, The National Gallery)
• A structural repair of Rubens's Het Steen | Behind the scenes in Conservation | National Gallery (13 min, The National Gallery)
• Restoring A Flat Damaged By Fire | The Big Clean Up (Part 1/6) (22 min, CNA Insider)
• Cleaning the 'Lost Altarpiece' that was found in a woodshed | Art Restoration | National Gallery (14 min, The National Gallery)
• Restoring Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks'| National Gallery (41 min, The National Gallery)
• Art restoration of one of our largest paintings: Retouching Van Dyck's 'Charles I' | 3 (14 min, The National Gallery)
• How Much Restoration Work Is Needed After A Fire? | The Big Clean Up (Part 6/6) (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Choosing a frame | Art restoration of Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Self Portrait' | 12 of 14 (13 min, The National Gallery)
• Restoring the Romanza-The Rehabilitation of Hollyhock House (29 min, Giorgio Carlevaro)

Top-Rated Books About Restoration & Repair

1. How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester - View on Amazon