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The house has a small chapel attached. In the grounds is a theatre, Haddo House Hall, and rehearsal rooms, known as the Peatyards. Haddo House Choral & Operatic Society (HHCOS), a large and vibrant choral society formed in 1945, has its operations base there. For over sixty years it has been
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Another notable period in its history was during World War II when the house became a maternity hospital for the evacuated mothers of Glasgow. Nearly 1200 babies were born at Haddo Emergency Hospital, as it was known, and many still come back to visit known affectionately as the Haddo Babies.
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did the design work for the kitchens and peripheral buildings in 1843. He returned there in 1845 and built the gate houses at the North and South entrances. Constructed in a rough coarse granite, these single storey buildings are in a Tudor style.
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in 1897. The Canadian government declined to pay the CDN$ 1,000 asking price. It was purchased privately by members of the House and Senate of Canada and presented on 12 June 1898 to
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in style, having undergone refurbishment in 1880 by Wright and Mansfield. Haddo contains a large art collection, including a series of 85 castles by
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on the occasion of her husband ending his term as Governor-General of Canada.
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noted for its annual musical and operatic productions.
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In 2021, around 100,000 trees were destroyed during
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Haddo House is located in Scotland
Coordinates
57°24′11″N 2°13′13″W / 57.4030°N 2.2204°W / 57.4030; -2.2204
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stately home
Tarves
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen
grid reference
NJ868347
National Trust for Scotland
Earls of Aberdeen
Marquesses of Aberdeen
Covenanters
William Adam
Georgian
Palladian
Victorian
James Giles
Claude Lorrain
Cabot Commemorative State Dinner Service
Woman's Art Association of Canada
Lady Aberdeen
John Smith
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
British prime minister
Storm Arwen

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