The brick piers of an old Victorian coach house are incorporated in the facade of this skinny house in New Cross, London, designed by architecture studio Selencky Parsons.
Nestled into a 3.5 metre gap in a Victorian terrace, the project is called The Coach House after the place for parking carriages that once sat on the site.

The Coach House is a slender three-storey building that steps down towards the rear, opening up into an L-shaped living area that overlooks a garden.
Three horizontal bands coated in micro-cement protrude out from the front facade.

These angled projections form a canopy over the entrance and mediate the step forward between the two buildings either side,
"We wanted to create an intriguing street facade, using architectural elements drawn from the wider rhythm of the street but reinterpreted and implemented in a playful way," studio founder Sam Selencky told Dezeen.
Stone paving in this entry area references the former coach house's brick floor, which allowed carts to be driven into the building.
An entrance lobby and long, brick-lined passage frame views towards the garden at the rear.

The passage passes a utility room and larder on either side of a central staircase situated in a lightwell to help illuminate the deep plan.
"The triple-height lightwell that pierces through the centre of the house, bringing light down and importantly breaking up what would otherwise be a tight circulation corridor, instead creating an unexpected momen...