[8][9] Western Australia's State Register of Heritage Places listed the building on an interim basis in 2012, which became permanent the following year.

[3] The Federation Arts and Crafts style building consists of the original 1853 rectory which prominent Perth architect Eustace Cohen substantially expanded and redesigned in 1910.

The domestic scale of the clubhouse originally matched the residential character of area but the building now sits within a very dense central business district in the City of Bunbury.

[6] In 1972, after the women declined an offer of $45,000, equivalent to A$521,000 in 2022, to sell the building, Boan's Department Store built the Stirling Centre immediately next door.

[4] In 2022, a four-storey government office building for Services Australia replaced the shopping centre, but was set back further from the women's club to improve visibility.