as in pavilion
a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views the sudden shower had wedding guests scurrying to the safety of the garden's summerhouse

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Recent Examples of summerhouse The hotel, which opened in August 2024, captures the breezy nostalgia of a vintage coastal summerhouse thanks to designer Amanda Lindroth, who filled the 52 guest rooms and 20 suites with soaking tubs, four-poster beds, and antique birding books. Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025 Many of Mohonk’s summerhouses sit on rocky outcrops, while others overlook lakes and hiking trails. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024 Hotel Casa Real: Santiago, Chile Set on nearly 100 acres of land, this late 19th-century estate, formerly a summerhouse for the adjacent Santa Rita winery founder, has become an exclusive haven for wine enthusiasts. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 Ideal For: Longtime friends who’ve done a summerhouse share and lived to tell the tale. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2024 Old friends gather after their freshman year in college to rent a summerhouse on Lake Michigan and chase girls. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021 In a recent design, a back garden featured a summerhouse in a corner, with a slope leading onto its native turf roof to allow access up to the higher area and a slide for kids curving back down from it to lower areas of the garden. Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023 Schjelderup-Ebbe tended the chickens at the summerhouse from the age of six. Jack El-Hai, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016 The château—once the summerhouse of the countess du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV—is a stone’s throw from the former horse stables and staff quarters that now house Le Doyenné. WSJ, 18 June 2022

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