On the way back from having fish and chips with my mum and sister in Bournemouth I, Lady Arlen and her daughter stopped at the Hospital of St Cross, the medieval almshouses just south of Winchester, which I last visited in 1991. A lovely interlude aided by tea and ice cream, and I discovered at least one image of St Catherine and possibly two. The window, high up at the east end, is named, and seems to be medieval although St Swithun who is paired with Catherine is modern. The painting is the right-hand wing of what seems to be a Renaissance triptych behind one of the side altars, and I'm not entirely sure it's Catherine. It could be, but though she has a book and a martyr's palm, there's no giveaway wheel.
I also include a snap of a detail from the choir stalls, which were installed in about 1515 and look quite strange, with plenty of imagery which isn't obviously Christian!
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