That would be, now let me think.. Ah, yes! Robert Cecil, the third Marquis of Salisbury, so of course he deserved to have a road name after him. Truth be known, he probably had many roads named after him in different parts of the country, but I am only dealing with Bristol, today! I think that the Third M would have been quite pleased with the way this house has been maintained, as it was largely in good condition. The original roof would have been of Welsh slate, but that probably disappeared in the 1930’s, just a guess, to be replaced with clay tiles that are of course heavier. The result is that the roof has done its natural ‘thing’, and is slightly distorted, but this is hardly visible externally. Why the roofer’s who next stripped and felted the roof, probably, and I’m guessing again, in the 1990’s did not give it any strengthening then, of course I do not know. A bit of strengthening now would not go amiss…   more »