The 3-bay Council Chamber on the upper storey has a mayor's parlour adjacent at the S end. The panelling probably dates from a later period and the small fireplace on the W wall is 20th c. Measurements are approximate as the present partition between the chamber and the mayor's parlour is almost certainly not original, though there was almost certainly some partition there originally, possibly indicated by a concealed beam in the ceiling of the parlour (courtesy of Dr Frank Andrews, Sandwich Local History Society).

The mayor's chair is a rare survival from the period and dates from 1561. It 'has been largely rebuilt, but the two armrests survive, decorated with satyrs and scrolls, with "Simon Lynch 1561" on one side of the arm, and "1562: SL: M : AC :T" carved in descending order on the top of the other. Simon Lynch was mayor in 1560/61and it is likely that he paid for this important piece of civic furniture, made even before the decision had been taken to build a new court hall. The carving, which is of high quality, is far more elaborate than on the free-standing mayoral chairs of the period surviving...; it is thought to be English, though the design is certainly based on continental work, perhaps taken from a pattern book' (Pearson, 'Guildhall' 7).