Rufflets Hotel

Rufflets Hotel is a 4 star hotel near St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Rufflets Country House Hotel
General information
LocationStrathkinness Low Road
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
KY16 9TX
Coordinates56.3336°N 2.8404°W / 56.3336; -2.8404
Opening1952
Other information
Number of rooms24
Number of suites2
Number of restaurants1
Website
Rufflets.co.uk

History

Rufflets House 1924–1952

Rufflets House itself was built in 1924 as a private home for Mrs Anne Brydon Gilroy, the widow of a prominent Dundee jute baron, and was designed by Dundee architect Donald Mills. Local records going back as far as 1642 indicate that the land was owned by the Priory of St Andrews as part of the Priory Acres and it was known as the "Ruch (pronounced "ruff") Flets", which in the Scots tongue, means "rough, flat lands".[1]

Rufflets Hotel 1952 to date

The house was bought by George and Margaret Cook and Anna & James Meldrum in 1952 and turned into one of the UK's first country house hotels. The hotel is still in the same family and has been rated by The Automobile Association as one of the top 200 hotels in Britain since 1999.

The hotel has 10 acres (40,000 m2) of grounds and is located 1-mile (1.6 km) from the centre of St Andrews, along the B939 road. The hotel has modern conference hosting facilities.

Awards

Rufflets holds many awards including:

  • Four AA Red Stars and Two AA Red Rosettes[2]
  • Four Gold Stars from Visit Scotland[3]

In the press

In August 2006 the hotel's restaurant received press coverage with the launch of cosmeceutical enhanced menu which the restaurant claims contains "ingredients known for their anti-ageing properties to help diners to have longer, more youthful lives".[4]

In February 2008 the hotel became Scotland's first carbon neutral hotel[5] as part of a sustainable tourism drive.[6]

References
  1. "Fife Place-name Data :: Rufflets". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
  2. "Rufflets on the AA". The AA Website. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  3. "Rufflets on Visit Scotland". visitscotland.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  4. John Naish (August 12, 2006). "Eat yourself beautiful?". The Times. Retrieved 2006-08-12.
  5. Mark Forrester (June 1, 2007). "Rufflets Country House Hotel to Become First CarbonNeutral Hotel in Scotland". PR Web. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  6. Mark Forrester (February 23, 2008). "Sustainable Tourism Short Break - Rufflets Country House". PR Web. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
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