This new-build house in a leafy Oxford suburb is on a corner plot built on the overgrown side garden of a 1960s end of terrace townhouse

Photos by Peter Savage Photography

I designed it with a spectacular double-height space overlooking the rear garden, culminating in a 4 metre high bay window with built-in window seat

Kitchen units fit below the glass guarding at the edge of the first floor living room

An open-tread timber stair leads from the kitchen to the living room

Wall-to-wall glazing looks into the canopy of the trees outside

Turning around in the living room you are connected back to the rear garden with its mature apple trees

Birch-faced plywood seating both free-standing and fitted

Stairs up to top floor with bespoke metal guarding

Exposed fair-faced concrete block work was chosen as the wall “finish” to the three-storey side walls

The top floor has sloping ceilings with OSB boarding fixed to the underside of the rafters

A mixture of materials and textures in the bathroom

A dark wall sets off the sanitary fittings

Rear of house at dusk showing the double height bay window

OSB ceiling and well-lit desk space

The front of the house deliberately blends with the 1960s terrace

Indoor garden

Plants thrive in the light