Sarah is Homebuilding & Renovating’s Assistant Editor and joined the team in 2024. Knocking down internal and external walls for an orangery will be invasive, while positioning one adjacent to an existing door or opening will be, to a degree, simpler. A large part of the charm or orangeries is the timber construction and delicate detailing, so you may want to bear this is mind before making any changes. UPVC is naturally going to be cheaper an aluminium or timber options, but definitely lacks charm or durability by comparison.

Unlike conservatories, orangeries are more solidly built with brick bases and wooden framing, offering better thermal insulation and integration with the existing architecture. The quality of the doors and windows they installed in our house is excellent and the service I have received from Andrew and his… Popular designs include classic Georgian orangeries, Victorian style orangeries, and Edwardian orangeries. Our wooden orangeries are perfect for creating spacious, light-filled extensions that serve as multifunctional family rooms. Each orangery is custom-designed to match your specific requirements and architectural style. The Highwood is the perfect blend of tradition and modernity, offering light, space, and classic elegance.

The traditional orangery design is typified by the use of brick pillars and styled window frames. Our energy-efficient contemporary orangeries give any home a modern look and an incredible living space that is useable all year round. Arguably the most elegant type of home extension, orangeries are the perfect blend of a glass extension and a traditional brick and mortar one. As orangeries tend to be constructed using brick, they look and act like an extension of your home and provide a multi-purpose living space that can be used as anything from a kitchen and dining room, to a living area.

Do orangeries get cold?

Whether your style is classic or modern, our orangeries deliver year-round comfort and lasting value. Combining brick pillars with a glazed roof and decorative cornice helps create a beautiful, traditional looking orangery. All orangery roofs are designed for the extremes of the UK climate and are engineered to your specific postcode. The Ultraframe Glass Roof system has been installed over 1.5million times over the last 35 years and is the only glass conservatory roof system to hold BBA approval.

Why the History of Orangeries Matters

An orangery is a type of home extension primarily built of brick, with large windows. If you live in a period property or country style property, we’re happy to adjust the overtly modern style to incorporate traditional elements that blend well with your property. Our modern orangery range is perfect for almost any home, and offers a stylish way of extending your living space for entertaining, working or relaxing.

The roof is often a lantern-style, allowing natural light to flood the space, while the large windows and sometimes glass doors offer a seamless connection to the garden. Our orangery extensions are designed to maximise natural light with tall windows, roof lanterns, and glazed doors. But in its traditional form, an orangery is still much more of an indoor space than a conservatory, and in some ways, it bears a strong resemblance to a lot of kitchen extensions – a room with full length windows or doors running along one side and looking out into the garden. A central roof lantern enhances natural light while maintaining insulation, and large, orangeries grid-paned windows create a vintage look reminiscent of a traditional orangery or a conservatory.

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Our oak orangeries are crafted from the finest quality, seasoned oak available and are the ideal solution for home owners looking for a rustic style extension, combined with all of the features required for today’s modern living. An orangery gives you the light and space of a conservatory but with the feel of a full extension. Each design is created to fill your living space with natural light while maintaining a feeling of safety, warmth and cosiness, even during the coldest winter weather. Above this a glazed roof lantern is built into a flat roof which adds both height and space and allows natural light to flood the room below.

• Orangeries can make fantastic additions to many styles of house and are a great way to add extra space too.
• “Modern orangeries generally comprise a solid base with supporting columns extending up to a flat roof, which houses a glazed roof lantern,” according to the Westbury Garden Rooms website.
• The orangery combines the styling of a conservatory with the durability of a traditional brick extension.
• In the early days, orangeries were built and used to home citrus fruits (which included oranges).

The conservatory’s decline in popularity in recent years has led to a huge rise in homeowners opting for contemporary orangeries instead. Orangeries are often located in the garden or on the grounds of a large house. This is a shame, as a quality conservatory traditionally crafted with timber can be a beautiful addition to any home. As people started to realise that their expensive conservatories were an investment that could only be used for half the year when the weather was mild, they began to fall out of style. Unfortunately, traditional conservatories earned a reputation for feeling hot and stuffy in the summer and cold in the winter.

The Contemporary Orangery

Oak orangery designs from David Salisbury’s award-winning team, manufactured at our factory in Somerset and installed nationwide. Start planning your orangery with expert guidance and flexible finance. The timeframe varies depending on design complexity and groundwork, but most orangeries are completed within a few weeks.

Bespoke Oak Orangery designs

Town & Country’s orangeries are stunning home additions that significantly enhance property value while offering an ideal space for socializing or unwinding with family. From the inherent beauty of the style to the added benefit of more sun and heat control, to more extensive interior design options and flexibility of connection to existing structures, orangeries have become immensely popular. If unheated an orangery will get colder than similar areas in a house because an orangery has more glass area, which gains and loses heat faster than solid conventional construction. The second story was traditionally part of the style of orangeries at the time of its construction in the middle to late 18th century as a way of further insulating the main section where the plants were kept. Orangeries make lovely garden houses, with room for plants and furniture and spaces for shelving, bathrooms and kitchenettes.