summerhouse

noun

Etymology: From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.

1. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
2. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.

   “"When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."”