Archway To Guildhall Car Park

The archway to the Guildhall car park was built in 1893 by John McKean Brydon. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a carriage arch flanked by foot arches, designed in the style of a Venetian window. The archway serves as a decorative Baroque addition to the expanded town hall complex. It includes a pierced rusticated wall with an attached Roman Doric order, featuring blocked rustication on the half columns. The central opening is semicircular-headed, with square-headed side openings and keyed circular openings above each. The design is completed with a triglyph frieze, a modillion cornice, and a balustraded parapet. This archway connects the Guildhall yard to the contemporary Municipal Buildings, also designed by Brydon, and the Central Police Station, designed by Major Charles Davis, the City Architect.