Cat Hill Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dated 1634. Constructed of deeply-coursed dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It has a two-cell plan with a projecting rear kitchen wing. The farmhouse is two storeys and has an attic. The front facade is near-symmetrical, with three bays. A chamfered plinth runs along the base. A central, two-storey gabled porch features an elaborate doorway with a moulded surround, imposts, and a deep shaped lintel. A hoodmould sits above this, adorned with large moulded stops. The porch’s first floor has a two-light window, and the gable apex a single light. The left and right bays are both gabled. The left bay contains a six-light transomed parlour window, a four-light first-floor window, and a two-light attic window. The right bay has a four-light transomed ground-floor window and a four-light first-floor window, both featuring ornamental hoodmould stops; the stops are diagonal on the ground floor and heart-shaped on the first floor. A two-light attic window is also present. The gables have moulded copings, roll-top parapets, and finials. Two large, square ashlar stacks are visible, one central, aligned with the door, and the other relating to the kitchen wing. The rear of the farmhouse has been extensively rebuilt, but is in keeping with the original style. A gabled kitchen wing projects to the left. The right return has a gabled section with a two-light transomed window to the ground floor, also under a hoodmould with large square stops. The kitchen wing to the right features two near-symmetrical bays, a central Tudor-arched door, a three-light window to the left, and a two-light window to the right; all are transomed and have a continuous hoodmould that rises over the windows. The kitchen wing's first floor has two three-light windows. Inside, the parlour has a slightly cambered-arched fireplace with a keystone and moulded surround. The kitchen has a wide elliptical-arched fireplace. Historical records indicate the hall, formerly known as Catling Hall, was dated "I T 1634," and was occupied by the Sotwell family in the 17th century.