Little Mearley Hall

Little Mearley Hall is a house dating to the late 16th century, with alterations and additions made in the early 19th century. It incorporates a reused early 16th-century window. The construction is of rubble, mostly rendered with a pebbledash finish, with a roof of slate and stone slate. The building is two storeys high with an attic.

The north-west front features a cross-wing on its right side, with a ground floor window set within a plain stone surround. The first floor has a window with two mullions remaining, displaying an inner hollow chamfer and an outer hollow chamfer with angle bead. The attic is distinguished by a stepped, three-light mullioned window, also with double chamfer and a hood moulding. The main range presents a two-bay facade of squared sandstone, featuring paired sash windows with glazing bars in plain stone surrounds, separated by square mullions. A plain stone surround also frames a doorway on the left side of the range. A two-storey, semi-octagonal bay window constructed of sandstone ashlar, sourced from Sawley Abbey, is positioned at the far left. Three sides of the bay window now feature sash windows with glazing bars. Buttresses with decorated offsets, capped by crocketed gablets at first-floor level, separate the sides of the bay window, along with attached octagonal shafts above, displaying tracery decoration. A band of blank arcading with ogees and cinquefoils runs level with the first floor.

At the rear, the cross-wing exhibits double-chamfered mullioned windows. The ground floor of the main range also has mullioned windows. The first floor hosts a four-light mullioned window with an outer casement moulding, incorporating angle bead, and an inner hollow chamfer; the window lights have segmental heads. A similar surround is present at the far right, now reconstructed. The door to the main range is framed by a moulded surround with a Tudor-arched head. Above this door is a stone plaque inscribed '1590', bearing the arms of Nowell quartering Walmesley, alongside the initials of Christopher Nowell and his wife, Elizabeth (Walmesley).

Internally, the front room of the cross-wing contains a wide fireplace with a chamfered segmental arch. The room in the main range, illuminated by the bay window, has two built-in cupboards of 18th-century design, featuring raised panels and semi-circular heads, flanked by fluted pilasters. A built-in cupboard with raised panels is also found in the central room. An early 19th-century engraving depicts the bay window prior to the installation of sash windows.