A plan to squeeze a three-storey house in the gap between two homes has sparked panic in a well-to-do neighbourhood - as neighbours say it is like trying to force a 'gallon into a pint pot'.

The house is situated close to Blakeney - a quintessential coastal village, with pretty flint cottages lining narrow streets leading down to the charming quay.

The founders of American studio Only If have completed a multi-storey, slender house for themselves on an exceptionally narrow parcel in Brooklyn, New York.