Exterior The hall is built in banded pink and buff
sandstone with a grey-green slate roof. The spire rises to a height of . The building has a semi-basement, two main storeys and a dormer attic. The entrance is approached by two opposed flights of steps.
Interior The entrance leads to the Waiting Hall. Also on this floor are the Palatine Room, the Assembly Room and the Court Room. Flanking the doors of the Waiting Hall are
busts of
George V and Sir Horatio Lloyd, who was
Recorder of Chester from 1866 to 1921. Also in the hall are three sculptures which depict
minstrels marching to the aid of
Earl Ranulph III who was besieged in
Rhuddlan Castle,
Sir William Brereton following his arrest in 1642,
Edward, the Black Prince granting a charter to the city in 1354 and
Henry VII granting county status to Chester in 1506. Outside the Assembly Room is a war memorial to the 768 citizens of Chester who died as a result of the
First World War and a plaque to the memory of those who died in the Second World War. The Assembly Room is the largest room in the Town Hall and has a stage at one end. On the staircase are shields and plaques presented by visitors to the Town Hall. Above the staircase are
Victorian stained glass windows depicting the seven
Norman Earls of Chester. On the first floor are the council chamber, the Lord Mayoral suite, a committee room and the members' room. The council chamber was rebuilt after the fire of 1897. It is panelled and contains wooden and stone carvings. The Lord Mayoral suite consists of the Lord Mayor's Parlour and the Mayoress' Parlour. In the committee room are panels bearing the names of the mayors of Chester from 1238, the
sheriffs from 1836, the
earls from around 1070, the clerks and
town clerks from 1291 and the
recorders from 1506. ==Present use==