Chartered Institute for Archaeologists 2022

28 CASE STUDIES | BUILDINGS ARCHAEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT Eastward Farmhouse and attached barns, The Lake District Catherine Bell, Listed Building Caseworker, Council for British Archaeology (CBA) Front elevation of the farmhouse, with the south barn to the left ©www.parti.global As a national amenity society, the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) assesses hundreds of applications for proposed changes to the historic environment each week. The majority are for adaptation of listed buildings to better meet contemporary needs. The principle of change is accepted; it just needs to be informed by an understanding of which aspects of a site contribute towards its significance and therefore where opportunities for alterations lie. Good Listed Building Consent (LBC) applications use an assessment process to understand a site and identify those areas that can be altered with no or minimal harm to those features of a site that hold value or special interest. Well-considered schemes also seek to retain the legibility of how a place has evolved over time.