Contemporary interpretations of traditional UK homes feature in our latest roundup, which gathers six British houses derived from their neighbours.

As a result of strict UK planning laws, new residential proposals are often required to fit into the existing local context – dictating design elements from overall style and materiality to details like roof pitch and height.

This roundup collects homes that adhere to local policies while also having a modern twist, ranging from the colourful 1950s home renovation in London to a stripped-back 19th-century home extension in Somerset.

Wade House, London, by Wadhal

Strict planning regulations required architecture studio Wadhal to design this detached London home to mimic the style of its 1930s Metro-land neighbours.

To do this, Wadhal adopted and updated the material palette of its immediate neighbour – designing a textured brick base and a projecting dormer fronted in timber slats.

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Brockley House, London, by Office S&M

Local studio Office S&M looked to improve the layout while retaining the "historical charm" of this London home, which sits at the end of a 1950s terraced block in Lewisham.

The studio's playful spin on the neighbouring houses was informed by 1950s cake adverts and resulted in a textured lilac render, green drainpipes and checkerboard-tiled frieze.

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6 Columns, London, by 31/44 Architects

The brick, concrete and terracotta-tiled exterior of this four-bedroom house was designed to echo the rhythm and scale of its neighbours on a suburban 1950s street in north London.

Completed as a family home for director of 31/44 Architects Will Burges, the home features a contemporary open-plan layout that references California Case Study homes.

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Old School House, Somerset, by Bindloss Dawes

Local studio Bindloss Dawes designed this timber extension as a modern twist on the pitched form of the existing 19th-century home in Somerset, England.

Battens of English sweet chestnut line the extension's roof and first floor, selected by the studio for their stone-like silver tone after weathering.

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Woodbury Residence, London, by Of Architecture

Large sit-in bay windows mimic the facades of the Edwardian neighbours to this home in north London, completed by local studio Of Architecture.

The residence adopts the scale and fenestration of the surrounding buildings, but with a new material palette.

"The design represents an octogenarian's embrace of change, transforming an existing extension from an Edwardian property into a new-build house that balances innovation with heritage," studio director James Mak told Dezeen.

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Clay Rise, West Sussex, by Templeton Ford

British studio Templeton Ford designed this multigenerational home in West Sussex as a reinterpretation of the archetypal homes found in the nearby village.

Bricks form the base of the home's walls, while its upper levels and sweeping three-tiered roof are cloaked in clay tiles.

"The sweeping roof form emerged as a playful response to the local context and planning constraints," architect Andre Templeton Ford told Dezeen.

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