We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in 2027
We took over La Saucisserie in October 2024. After 35 years quantity surveying, 35 years teaching in primary school and bringing up our children, Tom and Emily, and most surprisingly 35 years together (!), we decided to make things difficult!
Of the 46 properties shortlisted and the 30 viewed, La Saucisserie in the (very) green and stunning north Dordogne was perfection. The extensive grounds provide space for our newly planted orchards and potager, more vines for the Chateau Sablo, and welcomed in 2026, chickens! There is also a longer and ongoing plan to plant and create a 'hidden valley' for quiet solitude and wellness, inspired by the Lost Gardens of Heligan. But we have the immediacy of two superb swimming pools, outdoor games, Le Petit Cochon bar and newly refurbished gîtes ready now for our guests.
Over the next few years, growing our own food, using the sun to power us, planting more trees and shopping locally at the wonderful local markets will allow us to live that little bit more sustainably. And hopefully inspire guests to do likewise. If you want. Or if you simply want to sit by the pools with a local beer or wine (or an international cocktail) and enjoy your family holiday with all the facilities on site and around us, then be our guests. Your holiday, your way!
It's going to be fun.
James & Kate (and Kipling & Remy & the chickens)
James, Kate and KiplingKipling and RemyThe chickens
The place
A former artisan sausage maker's house and factory
La Saucisserie takes its name from what it was: the house and factory of an artisan sausage maker in the Périgord Vert. The Maison du Maître is the master's house, packed with authentic features and architecture, and La Cour's double-height lounge keeps original features from the sausage factory. Set in 5 acres of countryside one kilometre from Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie, it is now a retreat with four gîtes and two bell tents.
The Maison du Maître, the former master's house of the sausage factoryMaison du MaîtreThe lounge and its original featuresLa CourThe front steps and balconyMaison du Maître
