Pitfour Castle is an 18th-century country house situated on the southeast edge of the village of St Madoes in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.[4] The present Pitfour Castle was built for John Richardson (1760–1821), a wealthy local man involved with the salmon fisheries of the Tay, around 1784.[2] In 1825, the house was enlarged to designs by William Burn, with a library to the north-west and a clock tower to the south-west.In the 1967 sale particulars, this was described as a "fine circular wrought iron staircase rising through the house to a cupola with painted cartoons by Ritchie".[10] Historic Scotland refers to these cartoons as "figure panels by Zucchi",[2] an Italian who worked with Robert Adam.
Southern elevation of Pitfour Castle with sundial on front lawn
Primary staircase inside Pitfour castle with "cartoons" just visible as blue stripe underneath coving
