Carrington House

Carrington House is a large hostel building constructed in 1903 by W E Riley, the architect for the London County Council. It stands six storeys tall with an attic and features 23 bays, curving slightly around the angle of Brookmill Road. The building is primarily made of red brick, with some areas of stone cladding and cement rendering.

At each end of the structure, there are square towers topped with low-pitched, pyramidal roofs that have deep, mutuled eaves soffits. Each floor of the towers has three narrow windows. The building includes three stone-faced sections that bow out at irregular intervals; the outer sections consist of one bay each, while the middle section spans two bays and is topped with a gable. These sections feature four and six-light windows, with doors located on the ground floor. The outer stone-faced sections have parapets that curve upwards at the center.

In the main areas of the building, the upper two floors are rendered and sit beneath a deep cornice. The roof is a slated mansard style, featuring square-headed dormers, and the main areas are fitted with two-light sash windows.