Samarès Manor, Manor house in Saint Clement, Jersey.

Samarès Manor is a manor house in Saint Clement featuring an H-shaped layout with Tudor-style arched windows and medieval elements on the ground floor. The building includes an underground undercroft and is surrounded by grounds that visitors can explore.

The oldest part of Samarès Manor is an undercroft, thought to be a crypt dedicated to Saint Martha, dating from the 11th or 12th century; the west wing now stands above it. The site belonged to the de Saint-Hilaire family from the 12th century, followed by the Payn, Dumaresq, Seale, Hammond and Mourant families as Seigneurs de Samarès. Sir James Knott, a British shipowner, bought the manor in 1924 and created the present gardens.

The name derives from the Jèrriais "Sanmathès", from old Norman "Salse Mathais" (salt marsh), badly gallicised into "Samarès"; the estate grew in former marshland east of Saint Helier. Successive seigneurial families held it, from the de Saint-Hilaire in the 12th century through the Payn, Dumaresq, Seale, Hammond and Mourant, down to Sir James Knott in 1924. The agricultural museum on the grounds presses cider in September, and farm animals roam free among visitors.

The manor and gardens are open to visitors from April through October, allowing time to see the main house and surrounding grounds. An Agricultural Museum is also located on the grounds, so you can explore multiple parts of the property during your visit.

The round colombier at Samarès is thought to be the oldest dovecote in Jersey, possibly dating to the 12th century. It stands near the H-plan house whose west wing sits above an 11th- or 12th-century undercroft, once a crypt dedicated to Saint Martha.