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The first conservatories were built in the early 18th century and mostly used for storage of potted plants and trees and were called orangeries, after the fact that a lot of people stored their potted orange trees in these heated outhouses. They were situated at the end of the garden or the back of a terrace and were built out of stone, with solid roofs and big glazed windows to allow as much sunlight in as possible.
In the 19th century more and more exotic plants were introduced that needed all year round nurturing in protective atmospheres. Light therefore became the restricting factor and glazed roofs became more and more important.
Apart from winter storage for plants, orangeries were also used as a rest place on summer's garden walks and developed later into an entertaining area in the garden. As a result of this the conservatories moved closer to the house, to make it easier to move between the house and the conservatory. A corridor was often built to connect the two buildings.
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