Guildhall, Kingston upon Hull

The Guildhall is a building on Alfred Gelder Street in the City of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The building is currently the headquarters of Hull City Council but is also used as a venue for conferences, civic receptions and formal dinners.

[2][3] The current guildhall, which was designed by Sir Edwin Cooper to accommodate the civic offices and law courts, was built by Quibell, Son & Green of Hull between 1906 and 1914.

[2] The main frontage on Alfred Gelder Street was built with a central feature flanked by two long colonnades with pavilions at either end.

[1] A time ball, a mechanism which enables navigators aboard ships to verify the setting of their marine chronometers, was installed at the top of the clock tower when it was built.

The Alfred Gelder Street frontage
The clock tower, featuring the restored time ball on the top of the tower