. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE. who was in possession in ; He died in 1504 or 1505 holding the manor of Little Alcarley of the Icing as duke by the tenth part of a knight's ; The manor descended in the male line" until about 1670, and since then by female descents to the late Thomas Preston- Holt of Worston.*' LITTLE MEARLEr HALL stands in a pretty situation on the slope of Pendle Hill about half a mile to the north of Mearley Hall on what Dr. Whitaker called a 'lingula of land formed by the rocky channels of
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE. who was in possession in ; He died in 1504 or 1505 holding the manor of Little Alcarley of the Icing as duke by the tenth part of a knight's ; The manor descended in the male line" until about 1670, and since then by female descents to the late Thomas Preston- Holt of Worston.*' LITTLE MEARLEr HALL stands in a pretty situation on the slope of Pendle Hill about half a mile to the north of Mearley Hall on what Dr. Whitaker called a 'lingula of land formed by the rocky channels of t^vo torrents.'" It is now a farm-house, and though much repaired and modernized retains some of its ancient features. The building, which is of stone and of two stories, is 58 ft. in length and 35 ft. wide, the longer sides facing east and west and the south end projecting on the west side 8 ft. as a gabled wing. The east side facing the hill is built of rough stone partly rough-cast and retains for the most part its original low mullioned windows, one of which in the upper floor has round-headed lights. The north end of the house, however, seems to have MoRLEY. Sable a UopariTs face or jeisant de lii argent. been rebuilt and the windows are modern, and on the east side the roof is covered with modern blue slates, the rest retaining the original ones of stone. The doorway on the east side has a four-centred arch with square hood mould and moulded jambs and head above which is a stone panel dated 1590 with the armsof Nowell quartering Walmesley and the initials of Christopher Nowell and Elizabeth (Walmesley) his wife. The date is probably that of the greater part of the building, though the west side has been refi-onted with large square stones and has square- headed barred sash windows. The gable, however, retains its mullioned windows on each floor. But the most interesting architectural feature of the house is the semi-octagonal bay window at the north end of the west
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