Dun Cow Rib Farmhouse With Wall Enclosing Garden

Dun Cow Rib Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, dated 1616 on the lintel and has been altered and extended. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, which are now ribbon pointed, and features a stone slate roof with stone gable copings and kneelers that bear finials. The building has a two-bay end-baffle-entry plan, with a former stable added at the left end, which has been altered and is of less interest.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a doorway at the right-hand end that has a chamfered Tudor-arched surround. The lintel is lettered in relief "1616 AH," likely referring to Adam Hoghton, and features a hollow-moulded hoodmould on top of which is fixed a large old bone. The double-chamfered mullioned windows have diamond lattice glazing on both floors, with the hoodmoulds of the central windows running out left over a single light, resembling a firewindow. The ground floor has five and six-light windows, while the upper floor has three, four, and two-light windows.

There are chimneys at the right gable and at the former gable, which is now the junction to the left. The right gable wall features a double-chamfered firewindow with a hoodmould at the first floor, and towards the rear, there is a jettied garderobe with loop-lights and a monopitched roof, now supported by stone piers at ground level. The former stable at the left end was originally a lean-to but has been raised to form a two-storey continuation of the house. The rear of the farmhouse has been altered with substantial modern extensions that are in a similar style and use similar materials.

Inside, the farmhouse has been altered and contains an 18th-century stone fireplace with corbelled jambs, which is believed to be from another location. Historically, it is likely built by Adam Hoghton, as referenced in Fishwick's work on Goosnargh. The farmhouse is associated with an ancient local legend of a ghostly giant cow, to which the bone over the door is believed to belong.

In front of the farmhouse, there is a garden wall made of random rubble, with the front wall featuring ramped coping that curves inwards to a gateway aligned with the door of the house.