taken 7 years ago, near to Coughton, Warwickshire, England
Orchard at Coughton Court
An orchard in the grounds of Coughton Court with a variety of fruit trees, the first tree on the left is a medlar (Mespilus germanica) SP0860 : Medlar fruit.
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.