Conservatory style and design options

The conservatory style and design should reflect the architecture of your home…

Choosing the conservatory style and design to suit your home is exciting, but you need to take several factors into consideration before taking the plunge and finalising your choice. You may be limited in your options by the room available in which you can build and it is important to review this in regards to the overal conservatory style and design size.
If you live in a Conservation Area or in a Listed Building, your choice may be defined by the architectural style of your home and the need to have a conservatory style and design that is complementary to it.

Georgian Conservatories
Georgian Architecture is the name given to an architectural style and design that was current between 1720 and 1840 and is typified by symmetry and proportions. Perhaps the best known original Georgian Conservatory still in existence is the Nash Conservatory originally built at Buckingham Palace and moved to Kew Gardens in 1836.
Due to the cost of glass and the heat that single glazing let escape, there was not a lot of glass in an original Georgian Conservatory. Today this is much different, so a Georgian Style Conservatory will only be picking up on architectural features of the period, particularly the window frames and the type of brick used to support the conservatory.
If your conservatory is being attached to an original Georgian property, these features will be particularly important so that any necessary Planning Permission can be obtained. The interior size of the conservatory may also be taken into consideration, using the “double cube” proportions so loved by Georgian architects.

Victorian Conservatories
Victorian architecture can relate to a number of different architectural styles prevalent in Queen Victoria’s long reign. In conservatory style and design the most usual forms are the confusingly named Queen Anne style and the Arts and Crafts style
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A Queen Anne Style Conservatory will most likely have the following features, bay windows, a complicated, asymmetrical shape, front-facing gable, round or square towers, steep roof, textured wall surfaces, patterned masonry and half-timbering
The Arts & Crafts style of design and architecture was at its height between 1880 and 1910. It includes the Art Nouveau style and is characterised by the use of hand crafted finishes, anti-industrial processes and the lack of unnecessary decoration. An Arts & Crafts Conservatory will have all or some of the following features, asymmetrical shape, exposed construction features, e.g. wooden pegs in beams, bare stone or brick interiors, low roofline, pebble dash finish to the external brickwork and decorations and furniture influenced by William Morris or Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Edwardian Conservatories

A touch of grandeur…  The Edwardian era was a short period following the long reign of Queen Victoria. It lasted from the turn of the twentieth century in 1901 until the death of Edward VII in 1910, although some architects classify this style of architecture as Edwardian through to the end of the Great War in 1918. It is really an evolution of the Victorian and Arts & Crafts style, with greater simplicity and the use of lighter colours. Conservatories came of age in the Edwardian era. Expert conservatory designers should be able to replace an old Edwardian conservatory with modern materials or recreate the Edwardian look for a conservatory designed to complement a modern home.As with many Edwardian designs, as with this interpretation combining function through its style and design. The rectangular shape provides generous space while the roof creates a strong focal point.
Contemporary Conservatories

The evolution of the conservatory is tied to the introduction of new building materials and advances in the manufacture of glass to ever-larger sizes, the introduction of double-glazing, heat reflective glass and other innovations.
But over and above all this has been the influence of architects and designers who, having understood how to use new materials, design breathtaking public buildings to enhance gardens and the buildings they are often attached too. It is these conservatories that have captured the public’s imagination and with it created a demand for smaller conservatories for home use using similar designs.


For information on a Conservatory to suit your home contact,

Julianstown Sunrooms & Conservatories

Dublin Rd.

Julianstown
Co Meath

Mobile  ph 086 8205913