Marion Barter read Archaeology and Geography at Nottingham University and spent her early career as an archaeologist in Lancashire and Winchester. She chose to focus on historic buildings and completed an MA in Conservation Studies at York in 1990. She now has over twenty years experience in conservation. As part of the national Listed Buildings Resurvey, in the mid 1980s she assessed buildings for listing in Wiltshire. She has eleven years experience as a local authority conservation officer, in North Yorkshire and for Sheffield City Council. She joined English Heritage as a Historic Buildings Inspector for the North West Region in 1999, becoming a team leader in 2004. She has served on Diocesan Advisory Committees in Sheffield and Manchester and is a member of the Carlisle Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Institute of Historic Buildings Conservation.
