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  Orangeries, Orangery Glass Houses, Conservatories, Conservatory, Timber / Wood
Historically an Orangery was a place for the cultivation of oranges and lemons and other exotic plants.
The classic Orangery design had stone built parapet walls containing large vertical sliding sash windows such that the glass area on the sides was in excess of 75%.
The Orangery is now often attached to the main house and used as room as well as for plants.
www.conservatoriesonline.com /orangeries.htm   (665 words)

  
  Orangery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orangerie in the ground of the Château de Versailles
The Orangerie at the Palace of the Louvre, 1617, inspired imitations that were not eclipsed until the development of the modern greenhouse in the 1840s.
The Orangery at Margam Park, Wales, was built between 1787 and 1793 to house a large collection of orange, lemon and citron trees inherited by Thomas Mansel Talbot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orangery   (302 words)

  
 Orangery
Orangeries are always perfectly orientated to the south.
This orangery was built around 1830 and belonged to Meise Castle.
The terrace in the sun is the ideal place to drink a cup of coffee while you enjoy the view on the pond.
www.br.fgov.be /PUBLIC/GENERAL/VISITORINFO/VISITORMAP/orangery.html   (52 words)

  
 Margam Country Park - History - The Orangery
The Orangery at Margam was built between 1787 and 1793 to house a large collection of orange, lemon and citron trees inherited by Thomas Mansel Talbot together with the Margam Estate and the now vanished Margam House from his Mansel forebears.
Aligned east-west and at 327 feet in length, it is the longest Orangery in Britain.
The main body of the Orangery is lit by twenty-seven tall round-headed windows surrounded by deeply carved, vermiculated, rusticated stones which contrast with the smooth stone above and in the end pavilions.
www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk /margampark/orangery_history.cfm   (1174 words)

  
 History of the Orangery Schoenbrunn
The Orangery's hall annexes the Cedrat House to the east where especially sensitive citrus fruit tress are housed.
A further speciality of the Schoenbrunn Orangery is the floor heating which has been in operation for 250 years (see the dark plates on the floor of the hall) which guarantees the plants regular temperatures during the winter.
The division of the Orangery by a glass wall is intended to allow the viewer to experience the building in its total length although the interior is actually intended for double use.
www.imagevienna.com /english/orangerie3.htm   (873 words)

  
 Schloß Schönbrunn- The Orangery
The Orangery served not only as the winter quarters for citrus trees and other potted plants but was also a winter garden used for imperial court festivities.
Joseph II was especially fond of holding celebrations in the Orangery with festively-decorated banqueting tables, ranks of flowering plants and illuminations in the citrus trees.
The rear part of the Orangery is still used in its original function, while the front section, which has been renovated, is used for events such as the Schönbrunn Palace Concert series.
www.schoenbrunn.at /en/site/publicdir/0103051900_150.php   (211 words)

  
 Orangery Schoenbrunn
The rear part of the Orangery is still used in its original function, while the recently renovated front section is used for the Schoenbrunn Palace Concerts.
One hundred and eighty-nine metres long and ten metres wide, the Orangery Schoenbrunn is one of the two largest Baroque orangeries in the world, the other being the orangery at Versailles.
Joseph II was especially fond of holding celebrations in the Orangery with festively-decorated banqueting tables, ranks of flowering plants and illuminations mounted in the tops of the citrus trees.
www.imagevienna.com /english/orangerie1.htm   (386 words)

  
 Orangery design & Orangeries in the UK
An orangery can sometimes be the only solution when the aspect of the proposed site might preclude a more conventional conservatory.
This Orangery was designed to connect to the kitchen and provide a new dining and sitting area in order to enjoy views of the box hedged kitchen gardens.
An awkward existing rear elevation and a large floor area meant the obvious choice of building was an Orangery with an adequate area of flat roof to accommodate down lighters.
www.willoughby-cons.co.uk /orangeries.htm   (434 words)

  
 orangery conservatory design hardwood conservatories wooden
The first orangery concept was brought to this country by William of Orange and built at Hampton Court Palace and there are many other fine examples on historic buildings throughout the country.
The orangery was originally designed to provide the ideal climate for exotic plants and fruit but has evolved in recent times to provide all the charm and delight of a conservatory but as a more substantial room.
Although an orangery is still predominantly glass, it generally has more structure by having taller windows and more brickwork or stonework together with flat roof areas.
www.brightwood-conservatories.co.uk /orangery.html   (176 words)

  
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: History and Heritage: Places: Orangery
At the same time, Nesfield levelled and landscaped the ground in front of the Orangery, but his plans for parterres were not implemented.
In 1863, the plants from the Orangery were transferred to the new Temperate House and the building was used as a museum of timber, receiving more than 1000 specimens from India in 1878.
The Orangery has a great deal of architectural significance, as a major classical building designed by William Chambers, despite its shortcomings as an Orangery.
www.rbgkew.org.uk /heritage/places/orangery.html   (266 words)

  
 The Orangery - Paul Martin Wedding Photography
The Orangery is located within the grounds of one of London’s most beautiful and superbly landscaped parks, and thus, ensures that your event never loses the impression of quality which is so vital.
The Orangery Holland Park is a glass and stone palace which will comfortably cater for 150 reception guests or for 80 seated guests.
The Orangery Holland Park is a perfect London venue for having civil ceremonies and wedding meal all on one location.
www.pmjphotography.co.uk /cgi-bin/show_location.pl?id=57   (232 words)

  
 Paghat's Garden: Narcissus x incomparabilis 'Orangery'
The name 'Orangery' is a bit inapropos because an orangery isn't something orange, but is a conservatory wherein various citrus fruits are grown, typically alongside other semi-tropical or greenhouse plants.
The present 'Orangery' is a split-corona or split-cup daffodil, sub-category "Papillon" or large-cup Butterfly Narcissus, having the corona arranged in a whorl of six segments which are said to resemble butterflies.
The large, flattened, ruffled corona of 'Orangery' is light tangerine aging to bright orange, laying somewhat flat against the pure white rear petals of the perianth.
www.paghat.com /narcissusorangery.html   (497 words)

  
 The Orangery Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The present Orangery was built at the end of the 1600s by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger by commission of Queen Dowager Hedvig Eleonora.
Still today, however, historic trees and shrubs are grown that enrich the visitor's experience at the Orangery Museum with form, colour and fragrance.
The Orangery is open to the public during the summer months.
www.royalcourt.se /theroyalpalaces/ulriksdalpalace/theorangerymuseum.4.19fe5e61065eb9aeea80005038.html.printable   (192 words)

  
 To The Orangery - UK offers
Originally the Holland House conservatory, The Orangery lends its classical proportions to the presentation of the...
Nesfield levelled and landscaped the ground in front of the Orangery, but his plans for parterres were...
In 1863, the plants from the Orangery were transferred to the new Temperate...
www.webtaxi.com /to-the-orangery.htm   (243 words)

  
 The Orangery Gallery, Holland Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Orangery may be hired during the day and evening throughout the year.
The location of the Orangery, within the grounds of one of London’s most beautiful and superbly landscaped parks, ensures that your event never loses the impression of quality which is so vital.
In keeping with the unique quality of The Orangery, we not only welcome traditional functions but are happy to discuss your own ideas for a more unusual event in Holland Park.We also welcome clients wishing to use The Orangery Gallery as a film location, for video or photographic shoots.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /VenuesForHire/OrangeryHire/default.asp   (173 words)

  
 Join The Orangery Club - Membership details and privileges
We have a permanent chef in situ, who will be able to provide all kinds of food to the very highest standards.
It should be understood that the Orangery will be rented in its entirety for these charges.
We are in the process of applying for a wedding licence so that weddings may also be catered for in the near future.
www.theorangeryclub.com /members.htm   (330 words)

  
 Margam Country Park - Attractions - The Orangery
The 18th Century Orangery is the dramatic and magnificent centrepiece to the gardens, it is fronted by an elegant terrace with three ornate fountains featuring entwined dolphins and scallop shells.
In 1973 when the Estate was acquired by the present owners, the Orangery was in a ruinous state.
Four years later the restoration of this beautiful building was completed and it was opened by the Queen in her Silver Jubilee Year.
www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk /margampark/orangery_attractions.cfm   (191 words)

  
 The Orangery
They were kept in the orangery over winter and set out in the garden in the summer.
The project included a very large orangery but the existing building is much smaller and is unrelated to the Leoni design.
By the late 19th century the Orangery was being used a stable.
www.sutton.gov.uk /leisure/heritage/orangery.htm?textonly=false   (206 words)

  
 Orangery
The first stop along the route is the Orangery.
The windows of the building are closed when there are high winds or the temperature drops below 5° C. The Orangery of the Hortus was built between 1740-1744 based on a drawing by Daniël Marot, a French architect who had designed orangeries and manors elsewhere.
The Orangery is one of the few remaining works of Daniël Marot in the
www.hortus.leidenuniv.nl /english/index.php3?c=23   (284 words)

  
 Flower Delivery in Cambridge, Orangery Flowers
Please be aware that Orangery Flowers are not providing our usual flower delivery service due to Maternity Leave.
National delivery for flowers ordered two days in advance is available at a cost of £6.50 per order this is purely a Tuesday to Friday option.
Orangery Flowers are the organisers of The Cambridge Wedding Show
www.orangeryflowers.co.uk   (348 words)

  
 Food Courts in Bangkok
The Orangery at Siam Paragon takes the Loft’s concept of dining simultaneously at different restaurants to new heights.
You are given a menu with selections from several restaurants, a server representing all of the restaurants takes your order and brings the food to you, and you pay your bill upon finishing as in a ‘regular’ restaurant.
The real frosting on Orangery’s cake is the quality of the restaurants involved in the operation.
www.wheretoeat-bangkok.com /restaurants_new/orangery.htm   (238 words)

  
 THE ORANGERY
The Orangery was designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for Rowland Holt in the 1760's, as part of his redesign of the Park and Hall.
The roof of the building was decorated with high-quality cast stone urns and statues of the four seasons, Spring; Summer; Autumn and Winter.
The Orangery survived until the mid-1960's, when it was demolished..
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /redgravehistory/holt/orangery.htm   (96 words)

  
 Four Fat Chicks -- Monet and the Mystery of the Orangery Review
I loaded up Monet and the Mystery of the Orangery thinking it would be an educational title dealing with Monet, something along the lines of Night Café, merely a dry discussion of Monet and his work with maybe some limited degree of interactivity.
There is a conflict revolving around the use of the Orangerie building in Paris.
The museum option is chosen, and you play as a young architect who has been hired to do the renovation work on the building.
www.fourfatchicks.com /Reviews/Monet/Monet.shtml   (880 words)

  
 The Orangery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Orangery terrace overlooks the beautiful Italian Garden, where you and your guests can enjoy a Champagne reception with a difference.
The Orangery can be used in conjunction with The Great Hall where guests can enjoy the splendour of the Palace and a private tour before being piped to dinner in The Orangery.
As the Orangery is not open to the public, guests can enjoy exclusive use all day and evening, up until midnight.
www.blenheimpalace.com /hospitality/hbp/orangery.htm   (231 words)

  
 Orangery
The Orangery at Versailles is dug into the slope below the chateau.
Because it faces due south and is double glazed, the temperature remains stable between 5° and 8° C (40° and 46° F) even in winter.
Its breadth, height (13 metres), and pure lines make the Orangery one of the buildings where Jules Hardouin-Mansart displayed his architectural talents at their best.
www.chateauversailles.fr /en/133_Orangery.php   (116 words)

  
 Four Fat Chicks -- Monet and the Mystery of the Orangery Walkthrough
Leave the shed and return to where you started this scene, then go toward the Orangerie across the grass, following the fence, so the sniper can't see you.
When you get to the side of the Orangerie building, take the crowbar that's leaning there.
Keep going down toward the back of the Orangerie and you will spot a manhole cover in the grass.
fourfatchicks.com /Walkthroughs/Monet/Monet.shtml   (1964 words)

  
 The Orangery
Originally the Holland House conservatory, The Orangery lends its classical proportions to the presentation of the finest in contemporary arts.
Over the years, The Orangery has acquired a reputation which attracts the attention of a knowledgeable and enthusiastic clientele who eagerly anticipate the start of each new season, in what has become one of London's most quietly successful galleries.
The very virtues that make The Orangery the perfect gallery are those which make it such an original location for film or photography, press and product launches, parties and formal functions including wedding ceremonies and receptions.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /ArtsAndMuseums/TheOrangery/default.asp   (235 words)

  
 Frampton Court Estate
The exquisite 18th century Orangery is set at the end of the strikingly elegant ornamental Dutch canal in the grounds of Frampton Court.
There are four lovely bedrooms: a twin bedroom and an ensuite double bedroom on the ground floor, and a twin bedroom and an ensuite double bedroom on the first floor.
The Orangery has recently featured on the cover of Country Life magazine as 'the prettiest garden building in England', and is described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as one of the most unusual examples of 'Strawberry Hill' gothic architecture in the country.
www.framptoncourtestate.co.uk /orangery.htm   (331 words)

  
 Cape Town Bed and Breakfast Accommodation | The Orangery Bed & Breakfast Cape Town
Nestled at the foot of Table Mountain, situated in Cape Town's City Bowl suburb Oranjezicht, is The Orangery BandB.
At The Orangery simplicity is a way of life.
The Orangery is within walking distance of Gardens shopping centre, a short drive to the city centre and VandA Waterfront, and is easily accessible from both the N2 Highway and Airport.
www.capestay.co.za /theorangery   (270 words)

  
 Orangery Designs and Hardwood Orangeries, Hardwood Conservatories Stlye range
Heartwood Orangery Designs give free advice and would like to show you the designs that we can create.
Heartwood Orangery Designs manufacture Conservatories in our own factory at competitive prices, We can offer a wide range of finished colours through our spray booth which means we can coat all items with a wide range of Both stains and solid colours, using most of the main colour charts.
Heartwood Orangery Designs are happy to work in all areas around Warwickshire,Worcestershire, the midlands, The Cotswolds, Birmingham, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire.
www.orangerydesigns.co.uk   (326 words)

  
 Orangery – Conservatory Orangery & Orangery Design & Build
We will design and build you a beautiful oak orangery or a hardwood orangery in another timber.
Our clients specify a kitchen orangery or a dining room orangery for other reasons as well; architecturally an orangery will complement traditional house styles more pleasingly than a conservatory and thermal efficiency, particularly on north-facing sites, has to be taken into consideration as well.
So with the factors above in mind, it is a good idea to call on the expertise of one of our, design consultants to get their advice.
www.orangery.co.uk   (157 words)

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