The stair hall features a polychromatic ceiling and green Ionic scagliola columns designed to draw visitors to the main gallery level above.  It features a rich honey-coloured Ham Hill Stone for the walls that contrasts with the Portland Stone of the stairs and the York stone of the floors. The doors around the landing, which give access to the Lecture Hall and Education Room, are of a red polished mahogany.  The stair balustrade is in cast bronze with guilt wrought iron ropework and a mahogany handrail.