Hall and Gilbert went into Kimberley's Commercial Hotel for money and firearms while Dunn guarded the captives outside and turned a traveller away by firing several shots in his direction.

Meanwhile, Constable Samuel Nelson the only police officer in town at the time, made his way to the Hotel, being joined along the way by one of his sons.

On hearing the shots, Hall and Gilbert came out of the Hotel and, after rifling the Nelson's body and taking his belt and firearms, they left town.

The building is constructed of random rubble stone with red brick quoins around the majority of windows and doors.

[1] To the western end of the main building the wall has been extended at the ground floor level and a side wing added to form the public bar.

A two-storey verandah with masonry columns has been added to the front of the building and enclosed on the upper level for use as a sleepout.

The building is constructed of the same random rubble stone with red brick quoins and has a lopsided gable roof.

[1] On the western end of the hotel is a memorial to Constable Nelson who was killed by John Dunn, a member of Ben Hall's Gang, on that spot in 1865.

The inscription reads " This monument is erected by the Government of NSW to the memory of Constable Samuel Nelson who was shot dead on this spot whilst in the execution of his duty by the outlaw John Dunn on 26th January 1865.

It was also illustrates the gangs practice of taking citizens hostage in a public bar whilst the bushrangers undertook their robbery.

Constable Nelson was killed adjacent to the Hotel whilst attempting to stop the robbery and taking of hostages on 26 Jan 1865, one of three murders committed by Ben Hall's gang.

The Hotel was subject to a raid by the Ben Hall gang on 26 Jan 1865 when the place was used to hold hostages they captured on the road to Goulburn and money was taken.

[1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

[1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

The site is representative of the loss of life and fear inflicted on communities through bushranging activities of the Ben Hall gang.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on The Ben Hall Sites - Bushranger Hotel, entry number 01827 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.