Rufflets is one of the oldest established Country House Hotels in Scotland. The house was built in 1924 as a private home for Mrs A.B Gilroy, the widow of a Dundee jute baron, and was designed by a well known Dundee architect Donald Mills, who also designed the formal terraced garden to the south of the house.

This turreted mansion house, set in ten acres of award-winning gardens, has been privately owned and personally managed by the Russell family since 1952, when the seven bedroom house was converted into a small hotel. In those days country house hotels were almost unheard of and Rufflets was regarded as somewhat unique, not just in Fife, but in the whole of Scotland.

The house has been tastefully extended over the years and the interior refurbished to match the exacting standards expected of a small luxury country house. Service is friendly and personal in the true sense of Scottish hospitality. We hope you enjoy looking through this website and find something to interest you. We look forward to hearing from you.

Rufflets has 22 individually styled and tastefully decorated en-suite bedrooms, furnished in a blend of contemporary and antique styles, creating a homely ambience.

Some rooms have four-poster and canopied beds and two newly refurbished bedrooms have mini-bars. Four of our bedrooms now have jacuzzi baths. A few rooms can be used as family rooms and these have one double and one single bed with room for a travel cot. There is also a family suite consisting of one double bedroom, one twin bedroom with interconnecting bathroom.

Many of the bedrooms are reserved for non-smokers and most have garden views.

There are three ground floor rooms in Rose Cottage in the Hotel grounds, one of which has been specially adapted for guests with mobility difficulties.

All rooms are equipped with satellite television, radio alarm, direct dial telephone, hospitality tray, trouser press and hairdryer.