Orangeries — London & the Home Counties
Explore each separate style page.
The roof lantern
The central glazed lantern is what makes an orangery an orangery. A raised structural aluminium frame carries a slim-sightline glazed pyramid above a deep flat perimeter roof — the overhead light drops straight onto a dining table, while the perimeter stays low, plaster-lined and lit by downlights. It's a room that behaves like a room, with the sky right where you want it.
Overview
An orangery is a conservatory that has decided to be a room. Brick piers at the corners, a deep flat perimeter roof with downlights and cornicing, and a central glazed lantern — the light comes from above, the walls carry the same feel as the main house, and the room reads as architecture.
Structural Brick Piers
Load-bearing corner piers built in a brick or stone matched to the host elevation — the orangery reads as an extension of the house, not a bolted-on room.
Central Roof Lantern
A raised glazed lantern above a flat perimeter roof floods the room with overhead light while keeping the ceiling low and intimate around the walls.
Full Building Regs Room
Because there's no external-quality separating door, an orangery is a heated habitable room under Building Regs — usable as an open-plan kitchen, living or dining space.
Cornicing & Downlights
The flat perimeter roof lets us run plaster cornicing, downlights and even pendant fittings — details a fully-glazed conservatory can't accommodate.
Bifolds or Sliders as Standard
Full-width bifolds or slim-frame sliders along the garden face turn the orangery into a seamless indoor-outdoor room in summer.
Six conservatory styles, one specification standard.
Every one of our conservatory ranges is engineered to the same warm-roof, A-rated glass and 10-year guaranteed specification — the style is yours.
Victorian
Bay-fronted, faceted plan with a steeply-pitched ornate glass roof.
Edwardian
Square-plan with a hipped pitched roof — maximum usable floor area.
Lean-to
Single-slope pitched roof — the contemporary side-return specialist.
Gable-end
Full-height glazed sunburst gable with a cathedral vaulted ceiling.
P-shape
Combined Victorian bay and lean-to legs — two zones under one roof.
Orangeries across London
and the Home Counties.
We install orangeries across six counties — every project surveyed, made and fitted by our in-house team. Choose your county to read local knowledge, planning notes and recent work.
See all areas coveredOrangeries — installed.
A selection of recent installations across London and the Home Counties, photographed on site.
Practical answers.
Everything homeowners ask us about orangeries — survey, lead times, guarantees and coverage.
Orangery or conservatory — what's the practical difference?+
An orangery has substantial masonry walls or piers and a flat perimeter roof with a glazed lantern; a conservatory is predominantly glazed with a fully-glazed pitched roof. An orangery feels like a room; a conservatory feels like a light-filled garden building.
Does an orangery need Building Regs approval?+
Yes — because it's typically open to the main house without a separating door, it counts as a habitable room and needs Building Regs sign-off. We handle the submission.
How does an orangery differ from an Edwardian conservatory?+
An orangery uses substantial brickwork, deeper foundations and a Building Regulations specification, creating a more room-like interior with a central roof lantern. An Edwardian is more fully glazed with a hipped roof.
How long does an orangery take to build?+
10–14 weeks from signed order, with 3–5 weeks on site. Planning, if required, adds 6–8 weeks upfront.
Can I have an orangery on a small footprint?+
Yes — from 3m × 3m upwards. The proportions work best when the depth roughly matches the height, so a small orangery with a proud lantern often reads better than a stretched-out low one.
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Orangeries.
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