[2] The Hall was described as "a model of architecture" with ample facilities for the uses it was to be put to, including reading rooms and library, a lounge, and as a venue for Sunday school and meetings.

)[1] The building exhibits a strong arts and crafts influence in its design, with its picturesque terracotta tiled roof and prominent eaves, rough cast exterior, heavy base and stylised signage on the north wall.

[1] The building has a fanciful steep pitch terracotta tiled roof with sprocketted eaves and projecting gables to the east and west.

Three turrets, to the centre, and the north and south bays, have been formed by the ridge being deleted between them and a curved capping piece inserted.

[1] A shallow corrugated iron gable roofed kitchen and store, which has been added to the south of the building, has fibrous cement cladding with timber cover strips, large sash windows with green and obscure glass panes, timber and iron window hoods to the south and brick stumps.

[1] Internally, the building has a raised timber stage to the south bay, and a central hall with side aisles from which the kitchen and store is accessed.

[1] The kitchen and store have metal trusses, a fibrous cement sheet ceiling with timber cover strips and tongue and groove walls.

A section of folding partition wall with a metal roller divides the store area and in its detailing appears to be originally from the hall.

[1] A brick fence with a central gateway is built along the Russell Street boundary, and features piers with crucifix shaped concrete trim.

[1] St James Parish Hall was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 March 1995 having satisfied the following criteria.

The use of the "hollow wall" construction technique, the extendable casement window and pot-bellied roof ventilator, as patented designs, are important in demonstrating a high degree of technical achievement by the architect, Harry J Marks, in the early 20th century.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.