Orangery

An orangery is an ideal kitchen, dining or living room extension; or use an orangery as a new room with a roof lantern flooding light into dark spaces. In many ways an orangery combines the best aspects of a traditional room extension with those of a conservatory, but without the disadvantages of being totally under glass or being on public view from the outside.

Kitchen Orangery

Many families choose to improve their family home by extending the kitchen and making a kitchen orangery, thus creating more space and a light and airy environment. As the kitchen can be the hub of the home and a space where the family eats and meets together, making sure that there is enough space and light for cooking and eating are important factors in determining the shape and size of the orangery.

Craftsmenship

A well-built orangery will last for years and needs to be well built. With a timber construction, the joints will be exposed revealing any poor workmanship and carpentry. You will spend a lot of time in an orangery enjoying the light and views, so it is important that you choose a supplier with guaranteed craftsmen skills.

Roof Lanterns

Single roof lanterns or double roof lanterns in a kitchen orangery or dining orangery are used to ensure that sufficient natural light is not only available, but is falling over the most appropriate spaces in the kitchen or dining area. During design, the positioning of roof lanterns for cleaning also has to be considered. You may also wish to ensure that roof lanterns are positioned so that there is no direct view into them from upper-storey windows.

Garden Orangery

A garden orangery will allow you to enjoy the views into your garden throughout the year and thus enjoy it on windy or chilly days. A garden orangery will also enable you to bring delicate plants in from the garden during winter months and protect them from frost, in the same way that the original orangeries were designed to do in the 17th century.