summerhouse
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In future episodes, we will speak with buyers considering alternatives such as 3D-printed homes or a summerhouse in their parents’ backyard, and with renters opting out of homeownership entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
For Lieutenant Sikal, the trip to the summerhouse on Jan. 3, 2018, was just the start.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2019
Introduced as an "entertaining guest" by a mutual friend, he had succeeded in charming Mrs Taylor, who put the family up in a summerhouse in their garden in the grounds of Magdalen College.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2014
The space, a considerable rarity in central Amsterdam, includes water features and a charming summerhouse.
From Time ● Aug. 11, 2011
“Theo, there is a kind of little summerhouse in the side garden, all overgrown; I noticed it yesterday. Can we explore it this morning?”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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In every town there stood "scaffolding" or raised platforms, where the inhabitants frequently sat and conversed, and which served somewhat the same purpose as our own outdoor summerhouses of olden times.
From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee
Passing again to the front of the house, Lecour saw the mob angrily tearing up garden benches and summerhouses for the same purpose.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
Nothing but summerhouses on a large scale are the South California barns.
From Ramona by Jackson, Helen Hunt
I drew near to the village: all the well-known old summerhouses and gardens were recognised again; I disliked the new ones, and all other alterations which had taken place.
From The Sorrows of Young Werther by Boylan, R. Dillon
For the gardens, sometimes called "hortyards," there were summerhouses, greenhouses, and arbors.
From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee