Summer in paradise

opularised in the early 19th century, during a period of great horticultural discovery, conservatories were used to cultivate and display exotic plants, but also as social spaces. During the 1700s orangeries and glasshouses tended to be separate buildings with solid roofs, but advances in the manufacture of glass and wrought iron, and developments in heating systems, meant glazed structures began to be attached to properties in the 1800s. Fusing the domestic with the magic of distant