Blackadder House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BLACKADDER HOUSE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Muriel A Johnstone and Bill Zobel Blackadder Collection1- 8 1s turn RH, cast 1 place, set and turn 2H to face 2L
9-16 1s+2L set, 1L dances under partner's arm to face 3M, 1s (prom hold) dance ½ RSh reel with 3M+2L and end facing 3L
17-24 1s+3L set, 1L dances under partner's arm to face 2M, 1s (prom hold) dance ½ RSh reel with 2M+3L to end 3s, 1s, and 2s in centre facing down
25-32 3s+1s+2s dance 'Upside Down Allemande' for 6 bars and ½ turn RH
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Information
Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle.The Blackadder family were an integral part of the constant Borders' feuds, and extended their lands by grants from James II. These were bestowed as a reward for repelling English raids, with great ferocity.
The Borders holdings of Blackadder of that ilk were taken into the family of Home (now the Home Robertson family) by the forced marriage of Beatrix and her younger sister, the only heirs of their father Robert, to younger sons of Home of Wedderburn in 1518.
During World War I the mansion was requisitioned by the government as accommodation for troops, who vandalised the building, using parts of the grand staircase bannisters for firewood. The post-war government refused to pay for the restitution of the house to its former state and with the agricultural depression it was closed up. It was demolished c. 1925.
Blackadder House, c. 1900
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