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The House

Duff House, designed by Scottish architect William Adam (1689-1748), is the grandest classical country house to be built on a fresh site in early 18th century Scotland. It is considered to be an Adam masterpiece and is one of the most important buildings in the North. The foundation stone was laid on the 11th June 1735 and the building was finished five years later.

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Grounds

Duff House is a jewel set in a stunning triangle of coast, river and parkland. Visitors can enjoy peaceful walks south along the River Deveron or along the Banffshire coastline to the north of the house that have hardly changed over the last three hundred years.

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Masterpiece Series

Each Spring, Duff House is fortunate to get a Masterpiece from the National Galleries of Scotland for the summer season. Past loans have included works by masters including Botticelli, Titian and Rembrandt. This year in 2011 we were fortunate to have a landscape by one of the most famous landscape painters of all, John Constable.

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Weddings

Duff House is a romantic, fairy-tale venue for either a wedding ceremony or for photography and many couples have already enjoyed sharing their special day with family and friends in the unique historic setting of the house and grounds. Wedding photographs can be taken inside the house using the stunning classical gilt interiors as a grand backdrop, or outside in the grounds.

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