Deep family roots:

The de Sausmarez family sprang originally from Scandinavia and swept down through Europe finishing in the North of France, and being Norsemen, called that part Normandy. After 200 years they moved to Jersey, from where after a further 200 years, they came to Guernsey between 1200 – 1254.

The Manor House, parts of which date to the early 13th or late 12th centuries, has been altered, reduced and added to over the years with major changes in Tudor, Queen Anne, Regency and Victorian times. The front, regarded as the finest example of Queen Anne Colonial architecture in Britain, was built between 1714 & 1718 at the bequest of Sir Edmund Andros.

The house came into his grandfather’s family via marriage but was returned to the de Sausmarez family in 1748 by purchase…..the money to pay for this came from Philip de Sausmarez’ share in the bounty from the capture of the world’s richest treasure ship, the Nusetra Senora da Capa Donga. (Incidentally, Philip de Sausmarez also invented/designed the first naval uniform)

Over the years and many ancestors later there have been extensive renovations of Sausmarez Manor and the historic grounds have much to offer…