Tucked down a quiet mews in Brixton, this Victorian terrace has been thoughtfully reimagined for a client working in climate control. The result is a home that honours the past while thermally upgrading it for comfort and energy efficiency. The home embraces the pleasures of slow living through the eschewing of automation for analogue. It is a space designed for all seasons, with soul and the client’s own story and preferences woven throughout.

The rear extension draws on the language of Victorian greenhouses, with aged copper-toned windows and hand-operated rooflights that invite light and air without relying on automation for passive ventilation in the warmer summer months. Doors from the kitchen open out onto a bijou rear terrace and new garden with a carefully positioned seating area to ensure it takes most advantage of the sun path. Inside, a eucalyptus green Devol kitchen anchors the home, complemented by soft dusty pinks in the bedrooms and living spaces.

A manual coffee grinder sits where smart tech might have, and furnishings sourced from French flea markets and UK auction houses—including an original Victorian bed—bring new layers of character to this historic home.

Eucalyptus House is a quiet study in restraint and richness. It’s a home shaped by heritage, lived experience, and the pleasure of things made to last. Every choice—material, spatial, sensory—was made with care. It is a home to be lived in slowly, season by season.