Coughton Court

Om museet

The Throckmorton family has lived at Coughton since 1409, when John Throckmorton married Eleanor de Spiney and received half of the manor. Thomas Throckmorton bought the other half in 1449. George Throckmorton, a courtier of Henry VIII, began the present house in 1535, although he scaled it back to a moated house with four wings around a courtyard when the family fortunes declined.

The Throckmortons stayed faithful to the Catholic faith and paid heavily for it as recusants under Elizabeth I and James I. The family was linked to the Throckmorton plot of 1583 and to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and the wives of the conspirators are said to have waited at Coughton for news. In the 18th century Sir Robert Throckmorton filled in the moat and changed the front of the house, and in the 19th century the family built a Roman Catholic church nearby.

The estate passed to the National Trust in 1946 and was leased back to the family. The Throckmorton family has since resumed management, and the house is no longer part of the National Trust member offer. The gardens, laid out under the family with a rose labyrinth, walled and ladies' gardens and orchards, are part of the visit.

Højdepunkter

• Tudor gatehouse and courtyard house, home of the Throckmorton family since 1409
• Collection of Catholic treasures and stories of the recusant years
• Links to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
• Gardens including the Rose Labyrinth, Ladies Garden, orchards and bog garden
• Stableyard with café and shop open to the public

Permanente udstillinger

• The house – The Tudor house of the Throckmorton family with rooms, furnishings and a collection of Catholic treasures.
• The gardens – The courtyard, Rose Labyrinth, Ladies Garden, herbaceous borders, orchards, vegetable garden and bog garden.

Ejer

Throckmorton family

Entrépriser & rabatter

Historic Houses members and Art Fund card holders are admitted free of charge with a valid card, except for special events. The house is managed by the Throckmorton family and is no longer part of the standard National Trust member offer, so National Trust members pay the normal price; the family is arranging a programme of selected days in the year when members are admitted free of charge, with prior reservation. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. The car park carries a small charge that can be redeemed against a spend of over £10 in the café or shop.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The grounds are partly accessible, with gravel paths and a few steps; there are no steps in the walled garden, only in the formal back lawn. The car park has Blue Badge parking and a drop-off point in front of the stableyard. There are accessible toilets on site, and the ground floor of the house is step free.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Legeplads / legehjørne

Children are welcome. There is a children's play area, children's food in the café and seasonal activities such as duck races, Easter egg hunts and a pumpkin patch in autumn.

Transport & parkering

Coughton Court is on the A435 between Alcester and Studley. The main car entrance is on the A435; the coach entrance on Coughton Fields Lane is also the exit gate.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

The renovated café in the stableyard serves breakfast, lunch and tea with an emphasis on locally sourced food. The shop sells goods from selected suppliers, from children's toys to home furnishings and wine.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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