The Orangery at Castle Ashby

England

With soaring glazed ceilings, high open arches, and narrow columns of stone, Castle Ashby’s orangery peels away at the heavy limestone supports to embrace the light, minimizing the structure of the walls and roof. The reflection of sunlight in the pond at the center of the room blurs the lines between indoors and out. Decorations are found throughout, making it clear that this confection of glass, iron, and stone was intended not as a merely utilitarian greenhouse but as a lush oasis whatever the time of the year. Designed to impress, it was the triumph of a design trend that would be carried further by the greatest of the Victorian conservatories. 

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