Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Biography
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is a British interior designer and television personality who is best known for hosting My Lottery Dream Home where he joins European lottery winners as they hunt for a dream home.
He is also known for his appearances on the BBC program Changing Rooms and for being a judge on the ITV reality series Popstar to Operastar in 2010. On Changing Rooms, Laurence is occasionally jocularly styled “Lord Laurence”, a play on Laurence Olivier and Llewelyn-Bowen’s flamboyance.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Education
Llewelyn-Bowen attended primary school at Julian’s, in Leigham Court Road, Streatham, where his favorite subject was art, especially needlework. He then went to Alleyn’s School in Dulwich and later graduated from the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in 1986 with an unspecified Fine Arts degree.
Upon graduating, Llewelyn-Bowen worked for the Harefield Group of Companies and the interior design firm Peter Leonard Associates. He began his own design consultancy in 1989.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Career
On 13 April 2009, Llewelyn-Bowen presented a documentary on BBC One in the West region in which he went In Search of England’s Green & Pleasant Land. A study of his family tree featured in the BBC One show Who Do You Think You Are?, which was first aired on September 29, 2008. It showed that his mother’s family had a seafaring history.
He began hosting a Sunday morning radio show The Sunday Spa on Classic FM in 2008. He appeared on every episode of the ITV show House Gift between 2009 and 2011. Between 2010 and 2011, he presented the daytime ITV show Auction Party.
He was featured on the BBC One series, Hidden Houses of Wales as a tour guide of historical houses throughout Wales. It premiered on 4 January 2010 and ran for two series. The program was licensed to streaming service, Netflix, in the U.S. and rebranded as Hidden Houses, premiering on the service on 31 December 2016.
Laurence joined Australia’s Seven Network reality renovation series House Rules as a new judge in 2017.
Since 2017, Laurence has appeared on the Australian TV series House Rules in seasons 5-8 as one of three judges, co-starring with award-winning Australian architect Drew Heath, and Home Beautiful editor in chief Wendy Moore. In 2020, Moore and Heath were replaced by builder Saul Myers and interior designer Kyly Clarke.
In 2017, he was co-presenter on the Irish TV3 lifestyle program Showhouse Showdown alongside Neville Knott. In 2019, Laurence appeared in a comedic advertising campaign for online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing in the UK.
He took part in the BBC series Celebrity Painting Challenge in 2019 and in the same year he became a judge alongside Juliet Ashworth in the Australian program Instant Hotel.
Llewelyn-Bowen made a cameo appearance in a video by YouTuber Max Fosh about roundabouts in 2020 where he copied the dance of an 18ft inflatable man.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Age
Llewelyn-Bowen is 56 years years old as of 2021. He was born Laurence Roderick Llewelyn-Bowen on March 11, 1965, in Kensington, London, England. He celebrates his birthday on the 11th of March every year.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Height
Llewelyn-Bowen stands at a height of approximately 5 feet, 7 inches(1.75m).
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Height
Llewelyn-Bowen stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) tall.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Family
Roderick Bowen is the son of Trefor Llewellyn Bowen and Patricia (née Wilks). His father, an orthopedic surgeon at Harley Street and, under the NHS, at St James’ Hospital, Balham, South London, died of leukemia in 1974 when Roderick Bowen was nine. His mother who was a teacher died in 2002. He has one brother named Edward and a sister named Frances. Bowen is related to Emanuel Bowen, map maker to King George II.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Wife
Llewelyn-Bowen is married to Jackie Bowen since 1989. The couple is blessed with two daughters, Cecile Llewelyn-Bowen (born in 1995) and Hermione Llewelyn-Bowen (born in 1998). Until 2004 Llewelyn-Bowen lived in Kidbrooke, South East London, and in April 2007 he moved to a 17th-century, grade-II listed manor house in Siddington, a small village near Cirencester, Gloucestershire with his family.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Net Worth
Llewelyn-Bowen has an estimated net worth of $10 million which he has earned through his successful career as an interior designer and television personality
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen My Lottery Dream Home International
HGTV is launched My Lottery Dream Home International, a European version where Llewelyn-Bowen joins European lottery winners as they hunt for a dream home; from exotic castles to refurbished cottages, Laurence helps them get their foot in the real estate market across the United Kingdom and Europe. My International Lottery Dream Home debuted on April 2 at 8 PM EST/7 PM CST on HGTV and discovery+.
The series will showcase every type of home from charming cottages to posh estates worthy of royalty. Llewelyn-Bowen said, “I’m delighted to welcome fans of My Lottery Dream Home to Europe where I’ll help the newly moneyed become kings and queens of their very own castle.”
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Stepping Out
Llewelyn-Bowen was one of the participants of the first series of the ITV entertainment series Stepping Out with his wife, Jackie. The couple was eliminated on 21 September 2013, claiming third place.