Coughton Court
Description
Home to the Throckmorton family for over 600 years whose staunch Catholicism brought them both power and suffering. It was in rooms in the building that plotters in the Gunpowder plot waited to hear if they had been successful. The house still has an original priest hole and one whole wing was destroyed by an angry Protestant mob in the 15th Century. Today the house and substantial grounds are open to look around.
Charge
Charge, Free for NT Members, except walled garden
Getting There
From Leamington you need to catch a bus into Stratford-upon-Avon and change there onto another bus (26 to Redditch) to Coughton Court. Journey time, with a good connection is around 1 hour 40.
Latitude: 52.243569; Longitude: -1.879864
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (17/08/2010), and on time of last update (19/08/2010) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.