Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
16/01/1952
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
98 The Struet
Location
About 30m N of junction with Mount Street on the opposite side of The Struet.
History
Probably mid C19, perhaps with later shopfronts. The name "Viaduct House" refers to the demolished railway viaduct which formerly crossed the Struet about 30m to the South.
Exterior
Shopfront to No.98 has 4 sections, the two to R are windows each consisting of a set of 3 camber-headed lights, to L of these, a shop doorway with half-glazed door, then to L again a 6-panelled door to accommodation.
Reason for designation
Early-to-mid C19 pair with well-preserved character and good C19 shopfronts. Group Value with adjacent listed properties in The Struet.
Group Description
Nos.98 & 99 The Struet
Pair of shops with accommodation above. Street front of three storeys, five windows; cement rendered. Slate roof. Three windows to R (No 98) set more closely together than two windows of No 99. Upper floors have 4-pane sash windows in plain reveals. Between top and first floors a fascia board with inscription "Viaduct House". On ground floor, continuous shopfronts articulated by pilasters, long fascias with cornices over.
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