Description

The Swallow Kingfisher Greenhouse

A bright, beautifully balanced greenhouse designed for gardeners who want space, style and effortless growing.

The Kingfisher is one of Swallow’s most loved designs — a greenhouse that feels open, uplifting and wonderfully practical from the moment you step inside. With its generous glazing, elegant roofline and the rich, natural warmth of thermally modified redwood, it brings a sense of calm craftsmanship to any garden, whether you’re working with a cottage border, a landscaped plot or a contemporary outdoor space.

Light streams through the long panes of toughened safety glass, creating a warm, nurturing environment for everything from early‑season sowing to summer harvests. The full‑length staging gives you space to work, plan and play, while the smooth inward‑opening door and automatic roof vents make day‑to‑day gardening feel effortless. It’s the kind of space that encourages you to linger — a quiet moment with your seedlings, a quick check on the tomatoes, or an evening tending to your favourite cut flowers.

Made from Thermowood

Swallow (GB) Ltd buildings are made from Redwood Thermowood. Thermowood is strong, durable, and low maintenance, produced by drying the timber in kilns, and then putting it in a special oven where a powerful compressor removes air. The temperature is raised to 215 degrees C which bakes the timber. The result seals the capillaries, destroys resins and proteins, and stabilises the timber.

Thermowood is therefore completely rot resistant and will have no resin marks (knot bleed), making it ideal for painted finishes.

Swallow buildings come with either an oiled or painted finish. We recommend retreating with a solvent-based/oil-based wood preservative or quality water-based paint approximately every 6 – 8 years.

Make It Your Own — Fully Bespoke Options

Enhance your Swallow building with a range of accessories;

• Extra High level shelf
• Extra rear shelf
• Add a combi shed
• Thermowood, Oiled or Painted finish
• Black rainwater system (Guttering)
• Cresting
• Black ornate door handle
• Any many more!

 Standard Specification

• 1.73m / 1730mm / 5’8″ eaves height
• 2.37m / 2370mm / 7’9″ ridge height
• 3mm toughened glass
• 1 x full length staging
• Roof vent(s)
• Each roof vent has an Automatic opener.
• Inward opening single door with mortise lock and Stainless steel handle
• All the glazing is slid into a groove and sealed with quality silicone.
• The redwood pine glazing bars are 58mm x 32mm finished size.
• All boards are 12mm finish tongued and grooved and fixed with stainless steel nails.
• All the timber is thermally modified.
• There is a specially turned apex finial for that classic look.
• The ridge and top vents are sealed with a specially machined timber capping.
• 24mm black PVC damp barrier screwed to the base.

** All sizes are approximate **

Installation & Base

Swallow offers installation of the building included within the basic price.

Swallow buildings need to be placed on a flat, level, compact (firm) base, with paving slabs or concrete being the best options.  The base should be the same size as the building itself*, level (with no drainage slope) with 2 inches above ground level to avoid surface water running underneath.

Greenhouses: Can sit on either a solid paving or concrete base as described above, or on concrete strip footing.

Dwarf wall models will require a suitable dwarf wall to be constructed – Exact measurements will be supplied once you have placed an order. ** DWARF WALLS ARE NOT INCUDED AS PART OF YOUR ORDER **

Clearance – We recommend at least 18” clearance all round for installation, airflow, and future maintenance, but we can work with 12” or sometimes even less – please speak with a staff member.

*Bases can be larger than the building if required by the customer but must not be any smaller.

*** Swallow buildings cannot be transported through houses or any other building structure so clear access must be provided ***

WARRANTY

12-year warranty with all Swallow timber products against rot & decay, and a 3-year warranty on all fittings & fixtures. i.e. door handle, lock, hinges, bolts, window openers, automatic vent openers etc. (resistance against winds measuring 50 miles per hour is the standard measured by the TUV Standards Authority.