Lean-to Conservatory

Making the most of your floor area with a Lean-to Conservatory.

Modern and stylish in design, the Lean-to conservatory makes the most of every square inch of your floor area.

Its' projection is one of the largest available on the market today - up to four metres where required. Like The Victorian style, it is versatile enough to cope with internal and external corners.

And similar to that range, it offers the option of glass-to-ground, lower infill panels or base walls, and a choice of single, double or sliding patio doors.

Lean-to, also known as sun-rooms conservatories or garden rooms, have evolved from the old lean-to greenhouses over the years

Lean-to design

Originally they were viewed as an ideal alternative to conservatories for properties that did not necessarily have the space to build a full sized conservatory. Traditionally long and thin, the furniture had to be placed in a line rather than facing each other.

The major difference between a lean-to conservatory and a traditional period conservatory is the roof. Whereas, conservatories have a glass roof, a sun lounge has a slat or tiled roof. The extensive glass windows remain the same. This difference in roof has several major consequences.

The most obvious advantage is that the lean-to conservatory is much better insulated as the roof acts as a barrier to the sunlight in summer and helps retain the heat in the winter. 

Lean-to conservatories are ideally suited to bungalows as they can be designed with low pitch roofs unlike the period conservatories, such as Victorian conservatories, where high-pitched apex roof is an inherent part of the design.