From the front, it might look like a typical house, with red brick walls, windows and a front ... look from the side and realise the walls are only three feet thick - not nearly enough space ...

Only a small path leading to Ian ... completely outgrown my garden and the area around my house." The 61-year-old started collecting bricks when he noticed other archaeologists discarding them ...

The sunken, brick and timber three-bedroom house is located on a difficult brownfield backland site in Southwark. The house is in the Thorburn Square conservation area on the site of a former garage.

"My collection has completely outgrown my garden and the area around my house." The 61-year-old ... Mark and I both have lots of bricks that are the only known product of sometimes quite major ...