Pitcullo Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973.
Pitcullo Castle
- WRENN ID
- fading-wall-scarlet
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1973
- OS grid reference
- NO 413 192
- Coordinates
- 56.36218, -2.95087
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Pitcullo Castle is a late 16th century building originally of L-plan. In the 17th century, a tower was added to the south-east, transforming the south front into a U-plan configuration. The castle is constructed of rubble stone with a stone roof. A corbelled turret stair is located in the west re-entrant angle, while another corbelled turret rises from the south-west corner. A stair turret is centrally positioned on the north side, corbelled to a square and later remodelled in the 18th century with a lean-to roof. The ground floor is vaulted; the eastern half includes a basement.
In 1968, planning consent was granted for the restoration of the original L-plan house and the demolition of the 17th century south-east addition. Prior references to the site, Pitcullo House (recorded by C Wilson in 1852) and a subsequent additional listing, were almost completely demolished and subsequently deleted from records.
Local climate
Pitcullo Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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