What is on this roof?

millie_17

Thanks for all the comments. It's not from an area where there is a lot of snow. North West England. But I have found out that there used to be sone sort of lean-to along the back of the house. So maybe it was to protect from falling snow. Strange. 

FreeBear

*This old house used to have a lean-to conservatory at the back (single glazed, single skin brick knee walls). Barely big enough to swing a cat in, so basically, a glorified porch.

Just above the gutter up on the main roof were a couple of metal brackets supporting a strip of timber. Its purpose was to catch loose tiles that had slipped and prevent them from crashing through the glass. Conservatory is long gone, and the timber rotted away a few years back.

Elliott.T123

Look like metal rods to me

(I'm sorry I couldn't resist)

Smalltownhypocrite

millie_17 said:

Thanks for all the comments. It's not from an area where there is a lot of snow. North West England. But I have found out that there used to be sone sort of lean-to along the back of the house. So maybe it was to protect from falling snow. Strange. 

North West England gets a lot of snow and storms in some areas. I'm Pennines and we get battered.

Skiddaw1

Smalltownhypocrite said:

millie_17 said:

Thanks for all the comments. It's not from an area where there is a lot of snow. North West England. But I have found out that there used to be sone sort of lean-to along the back of the house. So maybe it was to protect from falling snow. Strange. 

North West England gets a lot of snow and storms in some areas. I'm Pennines and we get battered.

Yes, we get a fair bit here in Cumbria (though we're in the rain shadow from the Pennines on one side and Ullswater fells in the other). Don't think anyone locally has a snow guard however.