The difference between an orangery and a conservatory is the amount of glazing – a conservatory has more glass than an orangery.
'The primary difference between the two is that a conservatory tends to have the majority of its roof glazed,' explains David Salisbury's creative director, Karen Bell. 'Whereas an orangery has more of a solid perimeter roof with a roof lantern or lanterns to allow light in.'
'With bespoke orangery design there is not a hard and fast rule. But we tend to go by the metrics that if there is more than 75 per cent glass in the roof, then the extension is a conservatory. Anything less than that, we categorise as an orangery.'
'Orangeries are often specified where a large extension is required but where there is a limit on height,' Karen explains. 'For example, perhaps to avoid the extension impacting the view from an upstairs window.'