Conservatories : What Different Types Are Available?
Conservatories were first used at the end of the Renaissance era and were initially designed as greenhouses to hold plants during the harsh weather of the winter months. Later on their use as venues for tea parties and balls became widespread and eventually many of Europe’s cities built municipal conservatories to display tropical plants and flower displays. Today, conservatories are more commonly used as an extra room on a house and less frequently used as a place for conserving plants.
A well designed conservatory takes into consideration the area in which it is situated and the building to which it is a part of. Although on their own, some period styles of conservatory look great, when combined with a modern, unimaginatively designed suburban house, they can look tacky and out of place. To be called a conservatory in the U.K, this style of room must be able to boast at least 50% of its side walls and 75% of its roof as being glazed.
What you require from a conservatory depends on many important factors such as personal taste, location and budget. Below is a guide of the most common types of conservatory available on the market today.
Traditional conservatory design can be split up into three main types, named for the period of architecture they represent: Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian. Probably the most common type of traditionally styled conservatory is the Victorian three faceted or five faceted design which features a rounded front and encompasses classic styling. The Georgian style of conservatory stands out because of its classic styling with roughly waist height dwarf walls surrounding every side. Edwardian style conservatories use the same classic styling but are based on a square or rectangular plan.
In terms of modern conservatory design, there are three common styles that stand out: the gable ended conservatory, the corner-fill or P shaped conservatory and the lean-to. The gable ended or gable front style conservatory is actually based on classical designs and therefore very well suited to period buildings. The stand out feature of the gable front design is the horizontal front face of the construction. The corner-fill style of conservatory is very good at utilizing space as it (as the name suggests) is generally built onto two sides of a building. The P shaped design commonly incorporates two design styles in one construction, most frequently using a lean-to design for the larger primary structure and a Victorian three or five faceted design for the secondary structure. The Lean-to style of conservatory is (relatively) simple, easy and cheap to construct and is based on the design principally being supported by the main building in a lean-to fashion.
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