St Madoes

St Madoes
Pitfour Castle, St Madoes, designed by Robert Adam, 1764
St Madoes  St Madoes shown within Perth and Kinross
Population	1,263
OS grid reference	NO196211
– Edinburgh	47 mi (76 km)
– London	364 mi (586 km)
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PERTH
Postcode district	PH2
Dialling code	01738
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
Scottish Parliament	North Tayside
	North East Scotland
List of places UK Scotland

St Madoes (pronounced Saint May-Doe's) is a village in the Carse of Gowrie in Scotland, developed around Pitfour Castle. It is believed, however, that there has been settlements in the beginning of the century due to the discovery of several standing stones, as well as the St Madoes stone, a well preserved Pictish cross.

Local amenities at St Madoes include a small shop, two parks, a primary school and an 18th-century church built upon earlier remains. It is believed the original drawings for the church were done by the architect Robert Adam (1728-1792) the design and layout is very similar to the only other known Robert Adam country kirk (Kirkoswald near Culzean Castle) with the most noted similarity being the gallery (or Laird’s Loft) on the back wall, facing the central pulpit. Adam also designed Pitfour Castle. Both buildings were funded by the laird John Richardson (1760-1821), a wealthy local man involved with the salmon fisheries of the Tay. Recently the village has started expanding due to the building of a large housing estate.

St Madoes Church

It is located near Errol, between Dundee and Perth.

See also

• Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra

External links

• St Madoes School
• St Madoes Church
• Saint Madoch