The unchanged external appearance of this circa 1900 workers cottage belies the transformation within. The narrow-gabled volume has been exploited to the full, creating a range of finely tuned spaces. A lofty volume over the living, kitchen and dining area goes through to a cave-like sleeping platform tucked under the roof. Linking the spaces is the gabled roof form refined to a skin of smooth ply panels, punctured only by a generous skylight which allows the timber to glow. The volumes are knitted together, Tetris-like with careful minimal detailing and a sparce palette of colours and materials to successfully amplify spaces.