[2] The Throckmorton family had remained Catholic even after the formation of the Church of England and the break from Rome in the 1530s starting with the Act of Supremacy in 1534.
The family had remained recusant Catholics, celebrating Mass in the saloon of Coughton Court, which acted as a chapel.
[5] The original plans for the church are held with the Throckmorton papers in the Warwickshire Record Office.
[5] The church hosts Masses, and is served by Our Lady and St Joseph Parish, Alcester.
[7] The church contains the Stations of the Cross, as well as a number of statues including ones which depict the Virgin Mary.
The sanctuary of the church was remodelled during the 1960s to fit the new liturgy of the Mass introduced following the Second Vatican Council.