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2010 August 22 nd

INVERNEILL HOUSE (R8x32)  John Drewry  RSCDS Book 35  1- 8 1s+2s dance ½ double Fig of 8 (1s start by crossing down), 1s dance down between 3s & cast up to 2 nd  place opposite sides  9-16 1s+3s dance ½ double Fig of 8 (1s start by crossing down), 1s dance up between 2s & cast to 2 nd  place own sides 17-24 1s Petronella to opposite sides 25-32 2s & 3s Petronella to own sides while 1s cast round 1 st  corner & cross between 2s/3s casting to 2 nd  place own sides, 2s+1s+3s set

Inverneill House is an old house near the shore of Loch Fyne, in Argyll. The lands of Inverneill first came into Campbell hands in 1480. In 1773 Sir Archibald Campbell became the owner of the estate, though he was unable to live on his land as he was appointed Governor of Jamaica and then of Madras in India so it was his elder brother James who first set up home at Inverneill and the original house was probably built between 1801 and 1805. The house was of considerable size in those days having dining and drawing rooms, 8 bedrooms, housekeepers room servants rooms pantry kitchen and scullery and outhouses containing wash house, laundry and dairy. The walled garden with its 20-foot high wall containing two turrets was reputed to be one of the finest in Scotland for fruit and vegetables of all kinds. A three storey wing was added around 1890 and the house was occupied by the Campbell family until 1955 when it was sold and largely demolished - there had been a fire in 1950. The last two occupants of Inverneill House were the Misses Olive and Una Campbell. Their sister Ysobel who had married and became Mrs. Stewart of Fasnacloich was one of the founders of the Scottish Country Dance Society and became its first Secretary. This dance was devised in her honour by John Drewry in 1986.