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Suncrush
Stafford, Johannesburg, Gauteng

UNIDENTIFIED: Architect

Date:c. 1940
Client:Suncrush
Type:Factory and Offices
Style:Modern : Utilitarian
Status:Extant but altered
Street:8 La Rochelle Road

 


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Coordinates:
26°13'49.08" S 28°02'45.97" E Alt: 1705m

The architect of the new "Suncrush" factory has achieved ... an arresting frontal elevation without recourse to curves. (PWSA June 1940 Vol IV No 20 : inner cover).

The 1958 Johannesburg Telephone Directory lists SUNCRUSH on page 38. They were located at 8 La Rochelle Road, Stafford and were manufacturers of Aerated Waters and Squashes.

Now used by a panel beating company (2026)

The building has been extensively altered but some fragments of the original external wall are just visible.

(William Martinson, February 2026)