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notwithstanding this the dwelling is damp, due no doubt to the 
lowness of the site. 
MEARLEY MAGNA. 
If I am right in my conjecture as to the original position of 
the old Hall of Pendleton facing the south, that of Mearley 
Magna situated but a short distance from it would be its direct 
antithesis ; as it also lies at right angles to the ridge of Pendle, 
but faces due north, looking towards the rich district of Craven, 
with Ingleborough’s bold outline in the blue distance. The 
ground plan of the mansion is nearly complete, with central 
portions and two projecting wings. Passing through a pair of 
venerable-looking gate posts in harmony with the style of the 
building, the visitor at once comprehends that part of it must 
have been, within a century at least, the dwelling of well-to-do 
people, the restored portion and the western wing possessing an 
air of comfort not found in the halls already described. Over the 
door is a tablet with the armorial bearings of William Radcliffe 
of Todmorden, who married Agnes Greenacre, the heiress. 
According to the pedigree in Whitaker's Whalley, he was the 
second son of the Radcliffe House, but the little mullet on the 
escutcheon possibly, though not quite in strict accordance with 
heraldic rule, indicates that he may have been the third. 
The most interesting portion of the Hall, that of the eastern 
wing, is partly roofless and in ruins, and the wind and weather 
are now playing sad havoe with this relic of the past. Through 
the long mullioned and glassless windows of this end nothing 
but a scene of desolation meets the eye. A winding staircase 
leading from the large south-eastern room on the ground floor 
has been completely wrecked by the fall of the joists above, and 
fine old oak panels, nicely moulded and once bearing a rich 
polish, lie broken and spoiled among the debris below. But 
though there is desolation within, yet the masonry seems still 
compact and firm. The chimneys are of bold proportions and 
add much to the substantial appearance of the mansion; they 
peer over the picturesque gables and look down upon the stone 
water spouts, or peaked gurgoyles, which project from the roof 
below the eayes. These singular and eccentric-looking stone 
water spouts are decidedly the peculiar feature of Mearley Magna. 
From an examination of the principal points in the building, I 
am inclined to assign to this Hall a very early date in the 16th 
century. 
LITTLE MEARLEY. 
This Hall is undoubtedly at present in the best condition of all 
the six historic ones on the Western slopes of Pendle, but it has 
well nigh lost all its ancient features, the south-western wing 
