Today I was asked to look at a maisonette in Redland. It was part of a listed terrace of houses, the bulk of which were built in 1840, on the cusp of the Victorian era but the house I was today was probably built prior to that, I suspect in 1820 or thereabouts as it was provided with what are known as tripartite windows, in order to beat or evade Window Tax of the period. It was a reasonably well maintained property, but at some stage the entire roof has been renewed, including rafters and purlins, and somehow I doubt any listed building consent was obtained, as the tiles are probably younger than 1977 when the house was listed. I expect the roof was upgraded after listed building consent was obtained for the conversion in 1994 but whether or not that consent included rebuilding the roof I don't know. Time will tell…   more »