99 and 100 Victoria Road

Two houses were built in the early to mid-19th century, and subsequently altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. They were later used as printing offices for The Advertiser in the mid-19th century. Modern buildings to the rear are not included in this listing.

The facades are constructed of Bath stone, with banded rustication to the ground floor of both buildings. The rear walls of 99 Victoria Road are brick, while the rear wall of 100 Victoria Road is rubble stone. Timber brackets support a moulded timber eaves cornice on both buildings. The roof of 99 Victoria Road is hidden behind parapet walls. The pitched slate roof of 100 Victoria Road has roof lights added.

99 Victoria Road has a double-pile plan, while 100 Victoria Road has a single-pile plan with a projection to the south-east corner.

99 Victoria Road is a three-bay, three-storey building. The ground floor has a central double door, flanked by windows with glazing bars in the upper sections. A central Venetian window with 16 lights sits on the first floor, flanked by four-pane sidelights. Above that are 12-light, horned sash windows. A tall, mid-19th century brick chimney stack in English bond stands at the rear.

100 Victoria Road is a three-bay, two-storey building with chamfered quoins and a gable-end stone stack, with a mid-20th century brick addition to the shaft. A recessed, arched doorway flanked by tripartite windows with glazing bars, Tuscan square pilasters and a moulded entablature is at the centre. The first floor has a central, round-headed sash window, with Venetian windows on either side, each featuring a 16-light round-headed sash window flanked by eight-pane sidelights. Tuscan square pilasters support the entablature, with dentils to the cornice. A roundel containing a piece of salvaged medieval glass depicting an angel was inserted into the right-hand window in the mid- to late-20th century.

The interior of the buildings has been combined. The interior of 99 Victoria Road is plain. The principal first-floor room of 100 Victoria Road features round-headed alcoves, wall panelling, cornices and a decorative window surround. Partition walls have been inserted across the rear wall and to the north, dividing the room further and concealing an inserted floor that cuts across the two first-floor windows. These rooms have retained some panelling, cornices and joinery. The roof structure is a king strut collar truss with longitudinal girders. The original fireplaces and staircases have been removed, although the stair window surround of 100 Victoria Road remains.

Modern buildings to the rear of 99 and 100 Victoria Road have been excluded from the listing as they do not possess any special architectural or historic interest.