• Aldeburgh
• Beccles
• Bungay
• Bury St. Edmunds
• Clare
• Debenham
• Dunwich
• East Bergholt
• Eye
• Felixstowe
• Framlingham
• Hadleigh
• Halesworth
• Haverhill
• Ipswich
• Lavenham
• Leiston Abbey
• Long Melford
• Lowestoft
• Mildenhall
• Needham Market
• Newmarket
• Orford
• Oulton Broad
• Saxmundham
• Snape
• Southwold
• Stowmarket
• Sudbury
• Thorpeness
• Walberswick
• Woodbridge
• Yoxford

GEORGIAN CONSERVATORIES

Georgian conservatories are popular with many people because their symmetry and proportions are less fussy than conservatories based on the Victorian period and complement many homes, not just of the Georgian period but elegant and clean lined properties built since then.

Georgian architecture covers a period from 1720 to 1840, but as with any period of architecture there is some overlap into previous and later Royal reigns. It was Palladian architecture that really influenced the Georgian style from about 1714 to 1760. Inigo Jones had introduced the Palladian style to England a century earlier and his work is based on that of Andrea Palladio, one of Italy’s most imitated architects and his Quattro Libri dell’ArchitetturaI (Four Books on Architecture).

Building a Georgian Style Conservatory Today

If you are lucky enough to own a Georgian property and are planning to add a conservatory to it, understanding Georgian architecture and how its features can be applied to a design will be particularly important so that Planning Permission can be obtained. Owners of modern homes or neo-Georgian properties can also incorporate these features into their conservatory design and be rewarded with a beautiful conservatory that will complement their home.

Original Georgian Conservatories were predominately built of brick as glass was expensive and taxed at the time and with insulation being just as important then as it is today, only enough glass to allow sufficient light into the conservatory would be used. Stone Doric columns would also have been a feature as well as the symmetry of the positioning of doors and windows and even the panes of glass within them.

A Georgian Conservatory installed today can imitate many of these features. It can be built on a brick dwarf wall and wooden columns with fluted grooves in them can be used in the supporting timber pillars at the corners of the conservatory and around doors.

A triangular pediment above the doorway and a period design in the fanlight will also give an impression of authenticity.

At this point you may consider that you have a design that is more like an orangery than a conservatory and you can complete this by specifying a flat roof pierced with one or more roof lanterns rather than a sloping glass one.

If you have decided that a Georgian design is what you are looking for or need further advice please give us a call. We are always happy to advise on Georgian Conservatory design, so please contact us if you have any questions or wish to meet one of our designers.