The entrance is recessed, with a portico of Ionic columns over the entranceway. Large bay windows along the entranceway compliment the front porch and wooden doors. The main entranceway has three arches with reliefs over stone columns. Behind the terrace, a driveway curves around the half oval to the building's entranceway. A handsome Deco frieze above the entranceway illustrates . It was defended by further towers and a double vaulted entranceway. The Dufferin Gates are the westernmost pedestrian entranceway to the CNE grounds. Over the entranceway and services is a cupola. In adjacent Elmer Boyd Park a new entranceway and amphitheatre were added. The shops in the entranceway to the Bastille had been closed and the gates locked. The entranceway under the marquise features Morton Gneiss, a Cold Spring dark rainbow granite. The minaret and Turkish entranceway were removed. CCAD's Beaton Hall includes elements from the entranceway of the Sessions house. On each side of the entranceway, there are "galleries" within the wall. Other decorations or mottos are usually found as inscriptions over the entranceway.