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Alec
Peever's brick carving during the refurbishment at the Castle
Street entrance linked a new symbol, the Tunsgate lion, with
the traditional wheatsheaf and barrel associated with the
nearby old Corn Exchange. The Bishop's mitre and ribbons reflect
Guildford's proud history as a Cathedral town. In
the decorative stained glass on the High Street elevation
Anne Smyth pays homage to the works of the horticulturist
and landscape artist Gertrude Jekyll who created many of the
renowned gardens in Surrey. The herringbone design on the
brick elevations either side of the High Street entrance is
reminiscent of Miss Jekyll's fondness for the herringbone
pattern in garden paths. Martin
Jenning's artistic centre piece in the Square is an 8-foot
bronze Naked Green Man weighing ¾ of a ton incorporating
a poetry trail inscribed in bronze tablets set into the floor.
By the figure's side, a bowl collects the leaves "falling
into the heart". The collaboration between the sculptor
and the poet Matt Black, has created a sculpture that evokes
the ebb and flow of people through the centre and symbolises
the process of change. From
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The
bronze floor tablets read: 
