Parish church
Atherstone on Stour's medieval parish church was demolished in the 1870s and replaced with the present parish church of Mary (mother of Jesus), St Mary, which was completed in 1876. It incorporates masonry from the previous church, including the heads of two 14th-century windows and a wall-mounted marble English church monuments, monument to William Thomas, who died in 1710. St Mary's is now Redundant church, redundant and in 2008 was converted into a private house. Atherstone on Stour is now part of the Church of England parish of St Mary, Preston-on-Stour, which is the next village to the south.Houses
Alscot Park is a English country house, country house about south of the village. It has a 17th-century or earlier core but was remodelled in Rococo#Architecture, Rococo style in 1750–52. At the same time the grounds were English landscape garden, landscaped, probably with advice from Sanderson Miller. A new wing was added to the house in 1764. Cutlin Mill Cottage was a 17th-century Timber framing#British tradition, timber-framed cottage with brick nogging and a thatched roof. It was by the bridge over the River Stour, Warwickshire, River Stour southeast of the village, on the road to Ailstone. It was associated with a corn mill that was later converted into an oil mill. The cottage was Listed building, Grade II listed but was abandoned because it suffered from flooding. The Alscot Estate let it fall into disrepair and in 2004 applied for listed building consent to demolish it. The Ancient Monuments Society opposed the application. On 28 May 2010 the cottage was destroyed by fire. The estate demolished the ruins and then applied retrospectively for the cottage to be de-listed.RAF Atherstone
RAF Atherstone was a World War II, Second World War air station east of the village that trained aircrew for RAF Bomber Command. It opened in 1941, was renamed RAF Stratford in 1942 and closed in 1945. The site is now used mainly for warehouses.Warehouse fire
On 2 November 2007 a large fire at a vegetable warehouse on the former airfield operated by Wealmoor Ltd made the national news and resulted in the deaths of four Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service firefighters: John Averis, Ian Reid (who died in hospital), Ashley Stephens and Darren Yates-Badley. In February 2011 three senior officers of the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were charged with Manslaughter in English law#Manslaughter by gross negligence, manslaughter by gross negligence over the deaths. In May 2012 all three officers were acquitted of all charges.Gallery
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