What Is an Orangery?

A conservatory is mostly glass, roof included. An orangery is built more like an extension, with brick or stone pillars, a run of large windows, and a flat or shallow pitched roof with a glazed lantern at its centre. The result is a room that feels like a natural part of the house all year round, not just a sunny day space.
We have been designing, building and upgrading conservatories and orangeries across Leeds and West Yorkshire since 2016, and it is our conservatory roof work that we are best known for locally. That same expertise carries straight across into orangery roofs, so you get a warm, well insulated space rather than one that overheats in summer and cools off every winter.
Every orangery is made to measure, from classic brick and uPVC designs that suit a period semi in Wakefield or Harrogate, to sleek aluminium framed rooms for a more contemporary Leeds home. You can see materials, roof systems and finishes for yourself at our Garforth showroom before anything is ordered.

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Our Orangery Options

Whatever your home and budget, there is an orangery style to suit it.
Traditional brick orangery with matching timber-effect windows, folding doors and a glazed roof lantern

Traditional Brick Orangeries

For period homes across Harrogate, Wakefield and the Leeds suburbs, a traditional brick orangery keeps the proportions and materials of the original house while adding a bright, usable room. Brick or stone pillars are built to match your existing brickwork, topped with a run of tall windows and a part-glazed roof.

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Contemporary Aluminium & uPVC orangery with anthracite frames, roof lantern and open folding doors

Contemporary Aluminium & uPVC Orangeries

For a cleaner, more contemporary look, an aluminium or uPVC framed orangery gives slimmer sightlines and larger panes of glass while keeping the same warm, part-solid roof structure. A popular choice for modern extensions and open plan kitchen diners.

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Orangery Roof Systems with a dark aluminium glazed lantern, insulated ceiling and recessed lighting

Orangery Roof Systems

The roof makes an orangery, and it is where we spend most of our design attention. Choose a fully tiled, insulated roof for maximum warmth and a seamless match with your existing house roof, or a part-glazed lantern roof for more natural light.

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Kitchen & Dining Orangery Extensions with a roof lantern, modern kitchen, timber dining table and stacked bi-fold doors

Kitchen & Dining Orangery Extensions

An orangery is one of the most popular ways to extend a kitchen or create a dedicated dining space, thanks to the extra wall space the brick pillars provide compared with a fully glazed conservatory. Bi-fold or French doors out to the garden, plus a choice of composite doors from our Rockdoor collection, complete the space.

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Why Choose Hipco for Your Orangery

Every orangery we design and build uses market leading technology to keep your new room weatherproof, draught protective and secure, with customisation options bespoke to your home from first sketch to final fit.

• Weatherproof and draught protective

• Customisation options bespoke to your home

• Enjoy a secure double glazing installation

• 10 Year Insurance Backed Guarantee

• Free, No Obligation Design Visit

• Built by Our Own Team, Never Subcontracted

• FENSA Registered & TrustMark Endorsed

 

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Orangery FAQs

Answers to the questions we get asked most about orangeries.

A conservatory is a mostly glazed structure, roof included, so it can run hot in summer and cold in winter unless upgraded. An orangery is built more like a brick extension, with solid pillars, a run of large windows and a flat or shallow pitched roof with a glazed lantern at its centre. It behaves more like a normal room of the house all year round.

Cost depends on the size of the room, the frame material (uPVC, aluminium or timber effects), the roof style and any bespoke brickwork. Every project is different, which is why we offer a free, no obligation design visit and quote rather than a fixed price list.

Most orangeries fall under permitted development rights in the same way a conservatory or single storey extension would, subject to size and position. Listed buildings and conservation areas may have extra restrictions. We check this as part of your free design visit.

Yes, it is one of the most popular uses. The brick pillars give you more solid wall space for units and worktops than a fully glazed conservatory, while the glazed roof and windows keep the room bright.

Choose a fully tiled, insulated warm roof to match your existing house roof, or a part-glazed lantern roof for more natural light. Both use the same warm roof technology behind our conservatory roof replacement work.

Brick or stone pillars are standard, paired with uPVC, aluminium or timber effect windows and doors depending on the look you want, from a traditional Victorian style through to a contemporary finish.

Timescales depend on the size of the room and how much groundwork and brickwork is involved. We will give you a clear schedule at your design visit, and every project is carried out by our own team rather than subcontracted.

Yes, every orangery comes with a 10 year insurance backed guarantee, the same as our conservatories.

What Does an Orangery Cost?

As a guide, Checkatrade’s UK cost data puts the average orangery at £30,000 to £35,000, though the right figure for your home depends on size, frame material and roof specification. Every orangery we build is designed and quoted individually, so the only way to know your real cost is a free, no obligation design visit, with no pushy sales and no fixed price list.

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