Woodbastwick Hall

The house dates back to circa 1600.

[1] In 1807 the house and estates were acquired for £76,000 from the trustees of Thomas Allday Kerrison by John Barwell Cator[2] (nephew of John Cator), who became High Sheriff of Kent in 1818.

[3] After a fire in 1819, Cator commissioned architect George Smith to rebuild the hall.

[2] After another serious fire in December 1882, the house was substantially rebuilt to a design by Ewan Christian (completed in 1889),[2] and then used as a Red Cross auxiliary hospital during the two World Wars and subsequently as an Agricultural Training College until it was demolished in 1971.

[4] The house was rebuilt in 2004 and is now in the ownership of Henry Cator.