Well although it may have fried the aerial, its likely that it struck through the roof and may well have struck more than one house. Lightning is not tidy, its a bit like a teenager and has bits all over the place. Having been near to two strikes in my life, it struck the roof of a factory, and although it was plastered in lightning conductors, all the wiring was ruined and all the computers and devices in the factory that were electrically driven suffered some damage as well. In a field near a pylon it struck the pylon, but it also struck the ground all around it leaving the grass sizzling for some seconds afterwards. I and the dog both layed down as soon as I felt the tell tale prickling of a high voltage, but the hot blast and the noise, no wonder I have tinnitus.
I heard on the radio the other day that scientists are still not sure what it is that triggers the sudden breakdown and a discharge. Fingers are pointing at high energy cosmic rays from deep space apparently, which ionise the air just enough to allow the discharge. Brian