Tudor country house Coughton Court in Alcester has been shortlisted for the Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award 2026.

The competition, launched in 1984 and sponsored by Christie’s auction house, sees six beautiful gardens vying to win the prestigious prize in a public vote.

Shortlisted entries are selected from among the hundreds of gardens that are publicly accessible member properties of Historic Houses, the association that represents and supports the UK’s independent historic homes, castles, and gardens.

Alongside Coughton Court, this year's shortlist features Burghley House (Lincolnshire), Kelmarsh Hall (Northampton), Monteviot House (Scottish Borders), Plas Cadnant (Anglesey), and Sledmere House (East Yorkshire). None of the shortlisted gardens have won the award before. The public vote is open until the end of August.

The ancestral home of the Throckmorton family for over 600 years, the stunning gardens at Coughton Court Gardens have been lovingly restored over the past 30 years by Magnus Birch Throckmorton’s mother, Christina Williams, and are now cared for by Imogen Birch Throckmorton - the third generation of a gardening obsessed family.

Covering 25 acres, visitors to the Tudor estate’s gardens are welcomed through a sequence of thoughtfully composed spaces, including the Courtyard, Rose Labyrinth, Ladies Garden, herbaceous borders, vegetable garden, orchards and bog garden, each designed to captivate avid gardeners and general visitors alike all-year round.

Voting is open now on the Historic Houses website and a link to a selection of images can be found below.