A ceremonial sword presented by Henry VII to the mayor in 1499 hung below the windows at the W end of the hall.

The tapestry, rich in symbolism, was commissioned by Henry VII to hang in St Mary's Hall as part of a plan to canonize his predecessor. (Henry VI was revered by Coventry in part because he granted the city status as a county in its own right.) Probably Flemish in design and weave, it represents the Assumption of the Virgin with the apostles and kneeling figures of Henry VI (not, as commonly supposed, Henry VII) and his queen, and above a somewhat out-of-character but possibly protestant-minded figure of Justice replacing a Christ in Judgment. To the left and right are angels with the instruments of Passion and saints.

'The main entrance is on the south side, towards the east end of the apartment, and the doorway, which has been of noble proportions, done in ashlar work with mouldings, was approached by a flight of steps from the courtyard, but whether there was a porch is not quite clear. On the right hand of this doorway were the screens, on the top of which would be the music gallery, and from the passage behind the screens there are two doorways leading into the kitchen. On the other side of the hall, opposite the principal entrance, there appears to have been a bay window, a common feature in houses of that period, though we should have expected to find it on the other side of the fire place at the end of the dais, which would be at the west end of the hall. About the middle of the hall, on the side opposite the entrance, is a most capacious fire-place, with a Tudor arch of ashlar work flush with the wall, the chimney tolerably perfect, and the whole conveying a good idea of the fire-places in use at that period. There might have been another bay window at the end of the dais looking into the courtyard, but of this there is no trace remaining.'