This new house replaces a two storey dwelling and adjoining ruined structure on a small and narrow street in the historic seaside town of Cadaqués, in Catalonia. The building plot has a stepped frontage to the street and is otherwise locked-in on all other sides by adjoining buildings. This step in plan gives two different geometries which have provided the basis for the volumetric organisation of internal spaces. The new two storey construction follows the alignment of the street and surrounding party walls but in the south-west corner the building line is pulled back to create a patio at first floor level. A one-sided pitched roof encloses the volume and as it extends to accommodate the changing geometry of the street frontage it forms two eaves lines at different heights which has the effect of diminishing the overall volume of the house. The building rests on a concrete plinth which steps in height and plan to create a planter and a stoop at the natural point of entry at the juncture of the two geometries. Stone, clay tiles and structural elements have been reclaimed from the existing buildings to use in the new construction.