[3][failed verification] The Hall was designed by the noted Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1865-66 in the Gothic[4] style.

In 1911[5] the Hall was extended on the east side in a similar style to the existing building with a central gable facing the road and a small ornamental cross on the apex of the roof as on the original.

West also funded most of the cost of building the new Caversham Baptist Free Church a decade later, also by Waterhouse, which stands on the opposite side of the road.

[2] In 1911 it was extended "...to find rooms for wholesome recreation and moral improvement for the young men of Caversham, and to increase the space available for religious teaching on Sundays in connection with the Caversham Free Church, of which the late Mr Ebenezer West was so generous a supporter.

"[6] The Hall was Grade II listed by English Heritage on 14 December 1978,[3] meaning that it is regarded as "nationally important and of special interest".