My old friend from the nearby Bents, Owen Oliver, recalls admiring the mansion house back in 1966 when he first came to the area and regrets its demolition some years later to make way for the new roundabout between Lidgett and Cotton Tree Lane. Many older Colners, will remember Craven House as the home and surgery of the well-known Dr Harold Bullough, whose practice at the former inn was running for many years.

The Craven Heifer was named after the legendary short-horned cow bred in the year 1807 by the Rev. William Carr of Bolton Abbey. By the year of 1811, the cow had become the largest beast in Great Britain. The vicar then sold the bovine giant to John Watkinson of East Halton for the enormous sum of 200 guineas. The cow named the "Craven Heifer", measured 11ft 4in long and weighed in at a tremendous 312 stone! The new owner took the heifer on a grand tour, making much money from his venture and indeed Colne's Heifer Lane and the Craven Heifer Inns at Kelbrook, Burnley, Darwen and in Rossendale, all owe their name to the mighty quadruped of 200 years ago.

As for the now sadly lost Craven House, once the Craven Heifer Coaching Inn, all that remains today is a couple of its stone gate piers and a handful of photos.