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
This memoir affords a peek into the life of a man who seems to arrive at a different summerhouse, packed with good art and faded first editions of novels, in each chapter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2019
Mr Budd's summerhouse roof had been blown four houses down the street and landed in Trev Harris's garden after striking his conservatory and roof.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2015
The space, a considerable rarity in central Amsterdam, includes water features and a charming summerhouse.
From Time ● Aug. 11, 2011
As it turned out, my doing so on that foggy afternoon I encountered her in the summerhouse produced curious results.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Nothing but summerhouses on a large scale are the South California barns.
From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
For the gardens, sometimes called "hortyards," there were summerhouses, greenhouses, and arbors.
From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Henry Chandlee Forman
His fancy peopled the shaded walks and summerhouses, which were scattered about it, with the joyous throng of gallant knights and stately ladies, enjoying themselves with mirth and song.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Wilhelm Hauff
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 Henry Chandlee Forman
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 W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall