Duff House

Duff House in 1996, after refurbishment

Duff House is a Georgian estate house in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Now in the care of Historic Scotland, it is part of the National Galleries of Scotland.

The house and associated fishing temple and mausoleum are designated as Category A listed buildings.

History

Duff House was designed by William Adam and built between 1735 and 1740 for William Duff of Braco.

In the twentieth century Duff House was in turn a palm court hotel, a sanatorium and a prisoner of war camp. Since 1995 Duff House has been part of the National Galleries of Scotland.

External links

Duff House website

Museums and Art Galleries of Scotland
National Museums of Scotland	National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Costume National Museum of Flight National Museum of Rural Life National Museums Collection Centre National War Museum
National Galleries of Scotland	Dean Gallery Duff House Paxton House Royal Scottish Academy Building Scottish National Gallery Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Art galleries and collections	Aberdeen Art Gallery Burrell Collection Dick Institute Dundee Contemporary Arts Fruitmarket Gallery Gallery of Modern Art Georgian House Gracefield Arts Centre Groam House Museum Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery Meffan Institute McLellan Galleries McManus Galleries Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum Montrose Museum Perth Museum and Art Gallery Pier Arts Centre Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery Queen's Gallery Talbot Rice Gallery Tramway
History	Alloa Tower Broughty Castle Museum David Livingstone Centre Museum of Childhood Provand's Lordship St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Surgeons' Hall Writers' Museum
Local history	Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Angus Folk Museum Biggar Museum Trust Campbeltown Heritage Centre Clydebank Museum Dumfries Museum Fife Folk Museum Gairloch Heritage Museum Gladstone's Land Glenesk Folk Museum Highland Folk Museum Highland Museum of Childhood Inveraray Jail John Knox House King's Museum Meffan Institute Montrose Museum Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Museum of Edinburgh Museum of the University of St Andrews New Lanark Newhaven Heritage Museum North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Old Haa Museum People's Palace People's Story Museum Pier House Museum Provost Skene's House Scotland Street School Museum Shetland Museum Signal Tower Museum Skye Museum of Island Life St Andrews Museum Stewartry Museum Stonehaven Tolbooth The Tolbooth
Maritime	Aberdeen Maritime Museum Discovery Point HMS Unicorn HMY Britannia Museum of Scottish Lighthouses Scottish Fisheries Museum Scottish Maritime Museum Ship Space
Military	Black Watch Museum The Cameronians Museum Gordon Highlanders Museum Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
Natural history	D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Dick Institute George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum Marischal Museum McManus Galleries
Religion	Blairs Museum Scalan St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
Science and Industry	Barry Mill Mills Observatory Museum of the University of St Andrews Museum on the Mound New Lanark Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum Robert Smail's Printing Works Scotland’s Jute Museum @ Verdant Works Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Sport	British Golf Museum Scottish Football Museum
Transport	Dundee Museum of Transport Glasgow Museum of Transport - (now the Riverside Museum) Grampian Transport Museum Myreton Motor Museum Scottish Industrial Railway Centre Scottish Railway Museum

Settlements and places of interest in Banff and Buchan, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
Other settlements	Boyndie Broadsea Cornhill Cortes Crovie Fordyce King Edward Memsie Netherbrae New Aberdour New Byth Pennan Sandend
Places of interest	Duff House Findlater Castle Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Memsie Cairn

Coordinates: 57°39′31″N 2°31′10″W / 57.65861°N 2.51944°W / 57.65861; -2.51944

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