The building stands at 200 High Street, opposite Monument Hill.

It was built by Melbourne architect Charles Inksep in the Gothic Revival style, from limestone and corrugated asbestos.

The grammar school closed in 1905 and that was put down to the headmaster's interest in politics.

[1] In the 1920s, the building became a short-lived girls' school named Girton College, and in 1945 was bought by the Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (now known as Community of Christ) for use as a place of worship until 1988.

There are large cracks in some of the walls and in January 2011, the owner was fined A$2,574 for removing the bell tower.