County Hall, Coventry

The archaeologist, John Russell, has suggested that the site might have previously been occupied by a medieval guildhall, which would have operated independently of St Mary's Guildhall. The current building was designed by Samuel Eglinton in the neo-classical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1783. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Cuckoo Lane. The ground floor was rusticated, while the first floor was fenestrated with sash windows with architraves and cornices. The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a tetrastyle portico on the first floor. The portico was formed by Doric order columns…