This 1935 former Co-operative department store was designed by W. A. Johnson, the chief architect for the CWS who designed a number of commercial buildings in strong International Modernist style.
Advert for the store.
The Bradford store was an early and influential example of the open store principle, with lifts and stairs tucked around the edges of the shopping area, and also had the first escalators to be installed anywhere in a Co-op store. Its unaltered appearance both externally and internally is extremely rare.
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