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Site of Palace probably built shortly after 1538, when Sir Walter Ogilvie received a license to erect it. Built on land formerly belonging to the Carmelite monastery of Banff. It was described in the 17th century as 'high built and quarterly, the structure magnificent, with two base courts, and few houses in these places of Scotland comparable to it'. It was partially destroyed by General Munro in 1640 when it was sacked by the Covenanting troops with the assistance of the townfolk. In 1724 it was depicted as 'an old great house, by way of castle and court...beside which is a lodging (the old house not habitable'. Attached to the house was a large ornamental garden. The last remains of Lord Banff's Palace were removed in circa 1796 when the Town House was erected.
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