3.1.This report has been researched and written to conform to L - P : Archaeology's Standards and Guidance for Desk Based Assessment. In accordance with the guidance set out below, the report analyses the sources listed below to create a model of the archaeological and heritage significance of the study site. 3.2.GUIDANCE 3.2.1. The following guidance was consulted: Standards and guidance for historic environment desk based assessments (CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS 2017). Historic Environment Good Practice advice in Planning Note 1 (HISTORIC ENGLAND 2015A). Historic Environment Good Practice Advice in Planning Note 2 (HISTORIC ENGLAND 2015B). Historic Environment Good Practice Advice in Planning Note 3 (HISTORIC ENGLAND 2015C). Conservation Principles: Policy and guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment (ENGLISH HERITAGE 2008). Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (ENGLISH HERITAGE 2009). This report has been produced to assess land at The Ring O Bells public house, on Village Road in West Kirby , and contains the results of cartographic, archaeological and documentary research into the site, undertaken by Dan Garner and Rachael Matthews of L - P : Archaeology on behalf of Stange Co. Pub Group. The site lies within the West Kirby Conservation Area, within the historic core of the village and is considered a critical building to the character of the Conservation Area. There are no Scheduled Monuments or Listed buildings within the site. Research shows there is no known Prehistoric, Roman or Medieval activity on the site. A building has been on the site since the early 1800s, built by the original pub owner John Rowlands. Over its 200 year history is has changed hands multiple times and undergone serval modifications and extensions during the later 19th and 20th century. The northern part of the site was not taken out of agriculture until the late 19th century with the formal bowling green being created between c.1896 and 1897. The terracing operation associated with the construction of the bowling green is likely to have truncated or entirely removed archaeological remains in this area. During the 19th century a number of outbuildings (including a possible pavilion) were constructed in the area between the Ring O Bells and the bowling green. Buried remains of these structures may survive in the vicinity of the proposed new extension.