SP0860 : West from the gatehouse roof, Coughton Court, Warwickshire
taken 10 years ago, near to Coughton, Warwickshire, England
West from the gatehouse roof, Coughton Court, Warwickshire
A model of an owl gazes out over a pastoral scene complete with sheep towards Coughton House on the far side of the old Roman road Ryknild Street, now more prosaically named Birmingham Road or the A435. The high ground in the distance is the wooded area of Coughton Park.
SP0860 : Coughton Court Has been home to the Throckmorton family for nearly 600 years. Two of the 1605 gunpowder plotters, Francis Tresham and Robert Catesby, were grandsons of Sir Robert Throckmorton and their wives waited here for news from London.