In addition, a ball was held at Lundin House, where a "numerous party of residenters and their friends" spent a "convivial evening". This party was probably one of the last events to be held in the old mansion. The Fife Herald went on to describe...
"In one of the large and commodious rooms in that old and now decaying mansion a dancing ball was held. Excellent music was in attendance and was sustained with much spirit till one of the short hours in the morning. Much pleasure and the greatest harmony prevailed throughout the entire evening."
In May of 1876 another son was born to the Gilmours and perhaps at that point it became clear that Montrave would ever remain their family home. During the same year Old Lundin House was taken down, save the tower which remains today.