The prisoner entry from the rear street is defined by a pair of stone columns supporting an entablature with the words "Central Police Station" raised on the surface.

It is constructed in the Federation Free Classical style with dressed sandstone details to the base of the ground floor façades.

[3] Third and fourth floors were added to the northern and southern wings of the building and the original dormitories and barracks were converted into individual bedrooms and cubicles during 1926 to 1928.

[1] By 1930, the barracks was no longer used for accommodation and had been converted to offices for the Criminal Investigation, Fingerprint and Photographic Branches, which were relocated from Police Headquarters.

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Central Local Courthouse & Holding Cells, entry number 2424125 in the New South Wales Heritage Database published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2019 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 4 June 2019.