STYLE, SIZE & POSITION:
In Georgian and Victorian times glass houses were very popular and mainly used as garden rooms. Today, however glass extensions fulfil a much wider variety of uses from sitting rooms, kitchen extensions and dining areas. For owners of a period property, the addition of a conservatory is an exciting opportunity to be creative with design and break with the tradition of other conventional rooms in the home, offering a totally unique atmosphere with unlimited uses.
Conservatories can be built to suit any period of building and most can create a beautiful addition if interpreted with appropriate design detail and proportions. It is of primary importance that the design of a conservatory is sympathetic to the existing property in terms of architectural detailing and for many properties, finding some existing detail on a house and mirroring this within the conservatory can make the new addition look as if it has always been there giving it a timeless quality. Sourcing matching materials for the base work will help this.
Finding the happy balance between what you would like and the needs of the property can for some, be a problem when it comes to the size of a new addition. You may desire an enormous new glazed room but a modest house would not suit an oversized conservatory, and similarly a larger property will require a more substantial structure to maintain a correct balance.