Coughton Court, Warwickshire ( Refuge of the Gunpowder Plotters) by David Stevens

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Interesting and topical.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Wed 05 Nov 14:45:05

Extremely good and interesting too David

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 05 Nov 15:40:44

Really good David, it's a fascinating place to visit too!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Wed 05 Nov 16:01:00

A fine painting David of a handsome building. Sometimes wonder if Guy Fawkes had the right idea!?

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Wed 05 Nov 17:07:43

Really good and an interesting history too!

Posted by Romila Datta on Wed 05 Nov 17:33:19

Thank you, Lewis, Heather, Sarah, Tessa and Romila for your kind remarks. Tessa - never a more true has been said in jest!!!

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 05 Nov 18:36:42

Very apt David.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 05 Nov 18:51:21

Superb painting David.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Wed 05 Nov 19:12:51

Thank you Marjorie and Stephen for your kind comments.

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 05 Nov 19:24:43

Great picture, even more so because of the history involved

Posted by Trevor Wick on Wed 05 Nov 21:48:22

Thank you, Trevor.

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 06 Nov 07:47:38

I really enjoyed my visit there. It even has a priest hole, I seem to remember. Good rendition too!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 06 Nov 09:22:57

Thank you, Linda!

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 06 Nov 11:03:10

Hang on Studio Wall

05/11/2025

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This is a watercolour I did some years ago but thought it appropriate to repost today as it is the location where most of the plotters in the Gunpowder plot stayed overnight on their way to London to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The property is owned by the prominent Midlands family, the Throckmortons,.

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David Stevens

I am a retired civil engineer who has been sketching and painting watercolours and acrylics as a hobby for the past twenty years or so. I grew up in Africa and worked in Southern Africa and Botswana for a number of years but have spent the past forty five years or so resident in England with my…

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