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Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house, situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire.

History
The Coughton estate has been owned by the Throckmorton family since 1409. The estate was acquired through marriage to the De Spinney family. Coughton was rebuilt by Sir George Throckmorton, the first son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court by Catherine Marrow, daughter of William Marrow of London. The great gatehouse was dedicated to King Henry VIII by Throckmorton, a favourite of the King who spent most of his life rebuilding Coughton. Throckmorton would become notorious due to his almost fatal involvement in the divorce between King Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. He favoured the Queen and was against the English Reformation. In 1549, when he was planning the windows in the great hall, he asked his son Nicholas to obtain from the heralds the correct tricking (colour abbreviations) of the arms of his ancestors' wives and his own cousin and niece by marriage Queen Catherine Parr. The costly recusancy (refusal to attend Anglican Church services) of his eldest son, Robert, and his heirs restricted later rebuilding, so that much of the house still stands largely as he left it.

After Throckmorton's death in 1552, Coughton passed to his eldest son, Robert. The family were practicing Catholics and the house contains a priest hole, although unlikely to be the work of Nicholas Owen. These were hiding places for priests constructed during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England, from the middle of the reign of Elizabeth I. The Hall also holds a place in English history for its roles in both the Throckmorton Plot of 1583 to murder Queen Elizabeth, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, although the Throckmorton family were themselves only indirectly implicated in the latter, when some of the Gunpowder conspirators rode directly there after its discovery.

The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946. The family, however, hold a 300-year lease. The family tenant was Clare McLaren-Throckmorton, known professionally as Clare Tritton QC, until she died on 31 October 2017. The current residents are Magnus and Imogen Birch Throckmorton.

The house is open to the public but not all year round. The property is set in extensive grounds including a walled formal garden, a river and a lake. As of 2024, the house is undergoing extensive repairs to the roof and fabric of the building costing £3.3m, with the work set to be completed by June 2025.

The family managed the property on behalf of the Trust until 2007, when management of the property reverted to the National Trust. The management agreement is renewed every 10 years. The family is due to resume management in 2026. This caused public concern that the family would benefit from money spent by the trust on repair works, with National Trust members no longer able to visit as part of their membership.

In Autumn 2023 a £3.3 million roof restoration roof project began, scheduled to finish in Summer 2025, with key sections of the roof being restored and structural improvements made to the fabric of the house. The work has been funded by the Wolfson Foundation and donations from National Trust members and supporters. Phase 4 of the work, over the winter months, was scheduled to fit around the annual migration of the resident bats. Following the restoration National Trust members expressed disappointment over the decision to hand back management of the property to the residing family.