Oct. 28, 2026 to Nov. 15, 2026

An Artist in Residence: Elizabeth Dimitroff at Coughton Court

Coughton Court

In September, Elizabeth Dimitroff became the first artist in residence at Coughton Court, home to the Throckmorton family since 1409. The paintings she made during her month at the house go on show inside it from 28th October to 15th November. Few English houses are so closely tied to the nation’s religious and political history. Built around its great Tudor gatehouse in the early sixteenth century, Coughton is linked to both the Throckmorton Plot of 1583 and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Priest holes are hidden within its walls, built during the Elizabethan persecutions, when Catholic worship meant risking everything. Dimitroff’s practice is rooted in memory, material and place. Her layered paintings have been exhibited across the US and Europe, including in London, Paris and Düsseldorf, and her first New York solo exhibition opened at Yossi Milo in 2024. Her work is held in private collections including the Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas. At Coughton, she spent the month among the house’s architecture, objects and landscape, letting six centuries of history find their way into new work. The resulting paintings will hang in the rooms where they began. Visiting the exhibition Your ticket gives you access to the exhibition, the house and the gardens, so you can see the paintings alongside the rooms and grounds that shaped them. HX Club members receive a preferred rate. Log in to the HeritageXplore website and show your membership at the café, and your hot drink is on us.

BOOK A VISIT

  • Ticketed event FROM £21.50
An Artist in Residence: Elizabeth Dimitroff at Coughton Court
HeritageXplore Club

Enjoy unforgettable events with HeritageXplore Club

  • Special rates on HX events
  • Member pricing on historic house visits & stays
  • Priority booking - 48 hours early

MORE ABOUT THIS LOCATION

Coughton Court

COUGHTON COURT

Still home to the Throckmorton family since 1409. A great Tudor house where six hundred years of faith, defiance and daily life unfold in every corner.

Coughton Court

For more than six hundred years, Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton family: a lineage that gives this house an extraordinary sense of living continuity. Peering through the Warwickshire countryside, its magnificent Tudor gatehouse tower, built around 1530 by Sir George Throckmorton, announces a story shaped by faith, courage and unwavering devotion.


Few English houses are so deeply woven into the nation's religious history. Hidden within Coughton's walls are priest holes used in secret during the Elizabethan persecutions, when Catholic worship meant risking everything. The family chapel still stands as a quiet testament to endurance. The Throckmorton's family ties to the Gunpowder Plot remind us that life here was lived dangerously close to the edge - where principle and peril met. 

Now home to Magnus and Imogen Birch Throckmorton and their two young children, Coughton remains, unmistakably, a family residence. Portraits gaze down from panelled walls, letters document distant dramas, and family heirlooms accumulate meaning across generations. In the Great Hall and Long Gallery, oak panels seem to hold the very breath of those who walked there before.


The gardens rank among England's most romantic. Designed by Magnus’ mother Christina Williams, they flow from formal elegance to wild, natural beauty: rose-covered walls giving way to tranquil riverside walks and a walled garden humming with life from spring through autumn. Every view feels both deliberate and effortless, as though house and landscape have grown together over centuries.


Whether you come for the gardens, the layered history, or simply the particular stillness that old houses hold, Coughton rewards those who take their time. Coughton Court isn't a monument frozen in time - it's a home still filled with life, where the past feels close enough to touch and every corner speaks of courage, continuity and quiet grace.

RELATED ARTICLES

From Court Jester to Stand-Up Comedian: The Evolution of Comedy

June 11, 2026, 4:48 p.m.

From Court Jester to Stand-Up Comedian: The Evolution of Comedy

The modern comic is, in many ways, the direct descendant of the Court Jester. Poking fun …

COUGHTON COURT