Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter Paul and Elizabeth is a Grade II* listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1969. A Victorian Church.
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter Paul and Elizabeth
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1969
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter Paul and Elizabeth, Coughton
- OS grid reference
- SP 083 604
- Coordinates
- 52.24177, -1.87893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of Saints Peter, Paul and Elizabeth was built in 1853 for the Throckmorton family and designed by Charles Hansom in 1851. The church features regularly coursed limestone and a tiled roof with crested ridge tiles and coped gables. It is designed in the Gothic Revival style, specifically the Decorated style, with a wide nave, chancel, north chapel, a south-west turret, and a south porch.
The church has a 5-bay nave and a 2-bay chancel and chapel. The west front includes arched double-leaf doors with a hood mould and stops, while the east and west windows are 3-light traceried windows, also with hood moulds and head stops. The tall, thin south-west turret starts as a square and transitions to an octagonal shape, topped with trefoil openings, gargoyles, and a pyramidal roof. The south doorway is double-chamfered and features double-leaf doors. The south porch has coped gables and buttresses that are flush with the front, and an arch with a hood mould and head stops. The nave contains 2-light traceried windows throughout, and the north chapel features diagonal and single buttresses with 2-light traceried windows. There is a north porch made of stone, timber, and glass.
A single-storey link connects the church to the priest's house, which has a tall central gable, a shouldered door, and casement windows. Inside, the walls are plastered, and the nave has a scissor brace roof. There is a west gallery, and the chancel arch lacks imposts. The chancel features a panelled wagon roof with decorative painted and stencilled work, a carved stone altar, and a reredos. The chapel has a 2-bay arcade with round shafts and a plain panelled wagon roof.
Fittings include a piscina and seat, a stone pulpit, and a font with relief carvings supported by five colonettes. Some original stained glass can be found in the nave, the chapel's east window, and the chancel's east window, attributed to Hardman. This church is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century Catholic church.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter Paul and Elizabeth receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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