[2] The first building was Keswick House in Richmond Road, which opened in 1885 with nine students.

The current building was built 1893–95 and was designed in the Gothic revival style in brick and terracotta by W. D.

[3] The original Corbett Road facade was asymmetic and a third gable was added after 1908 to make it symmetrical.

More additions were made to the rear of the building in the early twentieth century.

[5] Alice Bruce who was the daughter of the founder and a leading educationalist was the President of the hall from 1929 to 1936.