“A secret door in the garden room leads directly to the parkland that unfolds behind the house”

This award-winning five-bedroom house is part of a handsome Victorian terrace on a quiet residential street in Charlton, south-east London. The current owners have sensitively reimagined the period home to create a set of calm living spaces characterised by clean architectural lines and a pared-back material palette of birch ply and microcement. Beyond the kitchen, there is a 50 ft mature garden bounded by a garden room, through which a secret door leads directly to Maryon Park and