Catherington House

Catherington House is a large house built in the mid-18th century and early 19th century. It features brick walls made of blue headers with flush red dressings, along with a plinth, quoins, rubbed flat arches, a thin first-floor band, a parapet with stone coping, and a cornice that has a stone moulding above a stepped brick fascia. The later part of the house includes a similar parapet and a brick dentilled cornice, topped with a hipped tile roof.

The south front elevation displays two phases of construction. The main section has a regular facade of three storeys with four windows, while a lower east extension has two storeys and three windows. There is also a single-storeyed service wing featuring a gable or steep pediment and a Venetian window set within a cambered-arched recess. The windows are sashes. The Doric wood porch, which is part of the second phase, has two plain columns and two pilasters, forming a complete Roman Order with triglyphs. It stands on a stone-flagged podium with a central flight of steps, now fitted with 20th-century glazing. Inside the porch, there is an original doorcase that includes an open pediment on console brackets above thin panelled pilasters, with an arched opening containing a radiating fanlight and a late 19th-century half-glazed door.

The rear (north) elevation is similar to the front, featuring a deep arched staircase window and a projecting 20th-century single-storeyed wing. Additionally, there is a mid-19th-century single-storeyed service wing set back and extending at the east side.

Inside, the main feature is the original staircase. The house has historical ties to Admiral Hood.