Description from record TQ 67 SE 38:
(TQ 69257145) Little St Katherine's (NAT) (1) Little St Katharine's (formerly listed as 1 to 3 St Katharine's Cottages) Forge Lane. Grade II*. C15. Timber-framed in oak with close studding infilled with C19 roughcast. Wealden type hall house. (2) [For full description see list]. Additional bibliography. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 67 SE SHORNE FORGE LANE 2/138 27.8.52 Little St Katharine's (formerly listed as 1 to 3 St Katharine's Cottages)
II*
C15. Timber-framed in oak with close studding infilled with C19 roughcast. C19 tiled roof. Wealden type hall house comprising central hall (later divided into 2 storeys) with north and south bays jettied at front, north bay jettying intact, but south bay has been underbuilt. Both bays have curved braces to ground and first floors. Curved eaves overhang to hall supported on 2 curved braces and bracket springing from the main post of the hall.
Inspected in the 1890's by architect Robert Weir Schultz for the owner George M Arnold FSA, who stripped the house of later work in order to make measured drawings of the timber frame. Described as "a typical specimen of a yeoman's house of the 15th or early 16th centuries". (Arch Cant Vol 27 pp 193-200). Listing NGR: TQ6925171459littli (4)

Historic England archive material: BF031823 ST KATHERINE'S COTTAGE, SHORNE

<1> OS 1:2500 1976 (OS Card Reference). SKE48218.

<2> DOE(HHR) Boro of Gravesham 1983 44-45 (OS Card Reference). SKE40830.

<3> Arch Cant 27 1905 193-200 plans (GM Arnold) (OS Card Reference). SKE34914.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.