Sunwin House Department Store Sunbridge Road Bradford

LISTING TEXT - Department Store, 1935-6, W A Johnson & J W Cropper, for City of Bradford Co-operative Society. Steel frame construction with concrete-cased stanchions and girders. Brick walls faced with York stone. Asphalted reinforced concrete roofs, insulated with pumice concrete. 4 storeys plus 2 basement storeys, built on a sloping site, with an open-store principle interior plan. The slope of the ground allows ground floor access at the front, and light and access to both basement and sub-basement to the rear. All the windows are steel-framed Crittall style, with a small number of replacement plastic frames at the rear on the 4th floor.

Reference    Architectural Review Vol 80 July-December 1936 page 166
Reference    Architects' Journal  1936, 24 September 1936, page 419.