La Seigneurie

La Seigneurie

La Seigneurie is the traditional residence of the Seigneur of Sark.[1][2]

The Seigneur is the head of Sark in the Channel Islands.[1]

Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, and his wife Diane, moved from the Seigneurie to a smaller cottage on their estate, when frail health triggered a need for a smaller residence, better suited to aging residents.[1] In 2009 Michael Beaumont then agreed to allow David Synnott and his wife to live in the Seigneurie, for ten years, in return for making some renovations.[3]

The gardens of the Seigneurie are open to the public.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lauren Collins (2012-10-29). "Sark Spring: A feudal feud in the Channel Islands.". New Yorker magazine. Retrieved 2016-12-12. Beaumont’s seat is a seventeenth-century manor called La Seigneurie. (A couple of years ago, as Diana’s health failed, the Beaumonts moved to a cottage on the estate’s grounds.) Its corners yield the relics of generations: a whalebone seat; a wood-and-cane wheelchair; a tithe cart used, until 1957, to collect every tenth sheaf of wheat. A recent visitor almost tripped on a cannon ball.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Michael. Hitler envaded Sark. Paramount-Lithoprint, 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Foreman, Liza (2014-10-04). "The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

Coordinates: 49°26′16″N 2°21′46″W / 49.43775°N 2.36272°W / 49.43775; -2.36272

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