diff --git a/components.json b/components.json
index 218b7d3af0..c4f4502719 100644
--- a/components.json
+++ b/components.json
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
     "src/components/views/rooms/Autocomplete.tsx": "src/components/views/rooms/Autocomplete.tsx",
     "src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx": "src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx",
     "src/components/views/elements/RoomName.tsx": "src/components/views/elements/RoomName.tsx",
-    "src/editor/commands.tsx": "src/editor/commands.tsx"
+    "src/components/views/dialogs/spotlight/PublicRoomResultDetails.tsx": "src/components/views/dialogs/spotlight/PublicRoomResultDetails.tsx",
+    "src/editor/commands.tsx": "src/editor/commands.tsx",
+    "src/hooks/useRoomName.ts": "src/hooks/useRoomName.ts"
 }
diff --git a/res/css/superhero/custom.css b/res/css/superhero/custom.css
index 12a8221bcc..4276a1fb54 100644
--- a/res/css/superhero/custom.css
+++ b/res/css/superhero/custom.css
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+.sh_RoomTokenGatedRoom {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+}
+
 .sh_RoomTokenGatedRoomIcon {
     width: 16px;
     height: 16px;
     margin-right: 4px;
 }
-.mx_RoomTile .mx_RoomTile_titleContainer .mx_RoomTile_title {
-    align-items: center;
-    display: flex;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/spotlight/PublicRoomResultDetails.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/spotlight/PublicRoomResultDetails.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ff12ffa72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/spotlight/PublicRoomResultDetails.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import { IPublicRoomsChunkRoom } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { linkifyAndSanitizeHtml } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/HtmlUtils";
+import { _t } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler";
+import React from "react";
+
+import RoomName from "../../elements/RoomName";
+
+const MAX_NAME_LENGTH = 80;
+const MAX_TOPIC_LENGTH = 800;
+
+interface Props {
+    room: IPublicRoomsChunkRoom;
+    labelId: string;
+    descriptionId: string;
+    detailsId: string;
+}
+
+export function PublicRoomResultDetails({ room, labelId, descriptionId, detailsId }: Props): JSX.Element {
+    let topic = room.topic || "";
+    // Additional truncation based on line numbers is done via CSS,
+    // but to ensure that the DOM is not polluted with a huge string
+    // we give it a hard limit before rendering.
+    if (topic.length > MAX_TOPIC_LENGTH) {
+        topic = `${topic.substring(0, MAX_TOPIC_LENGTH)}...`;
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <div className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomDetails">
+            <div className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomHeader">
+                <span id={labelId} className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomName">
+                    <RoomName room={room} maxLength={MAX_NAME_LENGTH} />
+                </span>
+                <span id={descriptionId} className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomAlias">
+                    {room.canonical_alias ?? room.room_id}
+                </span>
+            </div>
+            <div id={detailsId} className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomDescription">
+                <span className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomMemberCount">
+                    {_t("spotlight_dialog|count_of_members", {
+                        count: room.num_joined_members,
+                    })}
+                </span>
+                {topic && (
+                    <>
+                        &nbsp;·&nbsp;
+                        <span
+                            className="mx_SpotlightDialog_result_publicRoomTopic"
+                            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: linkifyAndSanitizeHtml(topic) }}
+                        />
+                    </>
+                )}
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/RoomName.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/RoomName.tsx
index 5d67b244e4..5a7b4cd837 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/RoomName.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/RoomName.tsx
@@ -14,31 +14,44 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { Room, RoomEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import { useTypedEventEmitter } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/hooks/useEventEmitter";
+import { IPublicRoomsChunkRoom, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 
-import { getRoomName } from "../../../hooks/useTokengatedRoom";
+import { Icon as TokenGatedRoomIcon } from "../../../../res/themes/superhero/img/icons/tokengated-room.svg";
+import { isTokenGatedRoom, useRoomName } from "../../../hooks/useRoomName";
 
 interface IProps {
-    room?: Room;
-    children?(name: string): JSX.Element;
+    room?: Room | IPublicRoomsChunkRoom;
+    children?(name: JSX.Element): JSX.Element;
+    maxLength?: number;
 }
 
-/**
- * @deprecated use `useRoomName.ts` instead
- */
-const RoomName = ({ room, children }: IProps): JSX.Element => {
-    const [name, setName] = useState(getRoomName(room));
-    useTypedEventEmitter(room, RoomEvent.Name, () => {
-        setName(getRoomName(room));
-    });
-    useEffect(() => {
-        setName(getRoomName(room));
+export const RoomName = ({ room, children, maxLength }: IProps): JSX.Element => {
+    const roomName = useRoomName(room);
+
+    const isVerifiedRoom = useMemo(() => {
+        return isTokenGatedRoom(room);
     }, [room]);
 
-    if (children) return children(name ?? "");
-    return <>{name || ""}</>;
+    const truncatedRoomName = useMemo(() => {
+        if (maxLength && roomName.length > maxLength) {
+            return `${roomName.substring(0, maxLength)}...`;
+        }
+        return roomName;
+    }, [roomName, maxLength]);
+
+    const renderRoomName = useCallback(
+        () => (
+            <span className="sh_RoomTokenGatedRoom">
+                {isVerifiedRoom && <TokenGatedRoomIcon className="sh_RoomTokenGatedRoomIcon" />}
+                <span dir="auto">{truncatedRoomName}</span>
+            </span>
+        ),
+        [truncatedRoomName, isVerifiedRoom],
+    );
+
+    if (children) return children(renderRoomName());
+    return renderRoomName();
 };
 
 export default RoomName;
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/CustomRoomName.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/CustomRoomName.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a1ae324cb2..0000000000
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/CustomRoomName.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import React from "react";
-import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-
-import { Icon as TokenGatedRoomIcon } from "../../../../res/themes/superhero/img/icons/tokengated-room.svg";
-import { useTokenGatedRoom } from "../../../hooks/useTokengatedRoom";
-
-export interface CustomRoomNameProps {
-    room: Room;
-}
-export const CustomRoomName: React.FC<CustomRoomNameProps> = ({ room }) => {
-    const { roomName, isVerifiedRoom } = useTokenGatedRoom(room);
-    return (
-        <>
-            {isVerifiedRoom && <TokenGatedRoomIcon className="sh_RoomTokenGatedRoomIcon" />}
-            <span dir="auto">{roomName}</span>
-        </>
-    );
-};
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx
index 12e966c2be..de9fcbbd2c 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { Room, RoomEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import React, { createRef } from "react";
+import React, { ReactElement, createRef } from "react";
 import { getKeyBindingsManager } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/KeyBindingsManager";
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/MatrixClientPeg";
 import PosthogTrackers from "matrix-react-sdk/src/PosthogTrackers";
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import defaultDispatcher from "matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { ActionPayload } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/payloads";
 import { ViewRoomPayload } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/payloads/ViewRoomPayload";
 import { _t } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler";
-import type { Call } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/models/Call";
 import SettingsStore from "matrix-react-sdk/src/settings/SettingsStore";
 import { UIComponent } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/settings/UIFeature";
 import { CallStore, CallStoreEvent } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/stores/CallStore";
@@ -59,8 +58,10 @@ import { MessagePreview, MessagePreviewStore } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/stores
 import { DefaultTagID, TagID } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/stores/room-list/models";
 import { isKnockDenied } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/utils/membership";
 import { useHasRoomLiveVoiceBroadcast } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/voice-broadcast";
-import { CustomRoomName } from "./CustomRoomName";
-import { getRoomName } from "../../../hooks/useTokengatedRoom";
+
+import type { Call } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/models/Call";
+import { RoomName } from "../elements/RoomName";
+import { getRoomName } from "../../../hooks/useRoomName";
 
 interface Props {
     room: Room;
@@ -358,16 +359,16 @@ export class RoomTile extends React.PureComponent<ClassProps, State> {
                         {...contextMenuBelow(this.state.generalMenuPosition)}
                         onFinished={this.onCloseGeneralMenu}
                         room={this.props.room}
-                        onPostFavoriteClick={(ev: ButtonEvent) =>
+                        onPostFavoriteClick={(ev: ButtonEvent): void =>
                             PosthogTrackers.trackInteraction("WebRoomListRoomTileContextMenuFavouriteToggle", ev)
                         }
-                        onPostInviteClick={(ev: ButtonEvent) =>
+                        onPostInviteClick={(ev: ButtonEvent): void =>
                             PosthogTrackers.trackInteraction("WebRoomListRoomTileContextMenuInviteItem", ev)
                         }
-                        onPostSettingsClick={(ev: ButtonEvent) =>
+                        onPostSettingsClick={(ev: ButtonEvent): void =>
                             PosthogTrackers.trackInteraction("WebRoomListRoomTileContextMenuSettingsItem", ev)
                         }
-                        onPostLeaveClick={(ev: ButtonEvent) =>
+                        onPostLeaveClick={(ev: ButtonEvent): void =>
                             PosthogTrackers.trackInteraction("WebRoomListRoomTileContextMenuLeaveItem", ev)
                         }
                     />
@@ -435,7 +436,7 @@ export class RoomTile extends React.PureComponent<ClassProps, State> {
         const titleContainer = this.props.isMinimized ? null : (
             <div className="mx_RoomTile_titleContainer">
                 <div title={name} className={titleClasses} tabIndex={-1}>
-                    <CustomRoomName room={this.props.room} />
+                    <RoomName room={this.props.room} />
                 </div>
                 {subtitle}
             </div>
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ export class RoomTile extends React.PureComponent<ClassProps, State> {
         return (
             <React.Fragment>
                 <RovingTabIndexWrapper inputRef={this.roomTileRef}>
-                    {({ onFocus, isActive, ref }) => (
+                    {({ onFocus, isActive, ref }): ReactElement => (
                         <Button
                             {...props}
                             onFocus={onFocus}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useRoomName.ts b/src/hooks/useRoomName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01066f67c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useRoomName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { IPublicRoomsChunkRoom, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { getDisplayAliasForAliasSet } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/Rooms";
+import { _t } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler";
+import { IOOBData } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/stores/ThreepidInviteStore";
+import { useMemo } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Determines the room name from a combination of the room model and potential
+ * @param room - The room model
+ * @param oobData - out-of-band information about the room
+ * @returns {string} the room name
+ */
+export function getRoomName(room?: Room | IPublicRoomsChunkRoom, oobName?: IOOBData): string {
+    const roomName =
+        room?.name ||
+        oobName?.name ||
+        getDisplayAliasForAliasSet(
+            (room as IPublicRoomsChunkRoom)?.canonical_alias ?? "",
+            (room as IPublicRoomsChunkRoom)?.aliases ?? [],
+        ) ||
+        _t("common|unnamed_room");
+
+    return (roomName || "")
+        .replace(":", ":\u200b") // add a zero-width space to allow linewrapping after the colon (matrix defaults)
+        .replace("[TG]", "");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determines if a room is a token gated room
+ * @param room - The room model
+ * @returns {boolean} true if the room is token gated
+ */
+export function isTokenGatedRoom(room?: Room | IPublicRoomsChunkRoom): boolean {
+    return !!room?.name?.includes("[TG]");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determines the room name from a combination of the room model and potential
+ * out-of-band information
+ * @param room - The room model
+ * @param oobData - out-of-band information about the room
+ * @returns {string} the room name
+ *
+ * TODO: check if useTypedEventEmitter is needed
+ */
+export function useRoomName(room?: Room | IPublicRoomsChunkRoom, oobData?: IOOBData): string {
+    const name = useMemo(() => {
+        return getRoomName(room, oobData);
+    }, [room, oobData]);
+
+    return name;
+}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useTokenGatedRoom.tsx b/src/hooks/useTokenGatedRoom.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b7c4427b..0000000000
--- a/src/hooks/useTokenGatedRoom.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import { useMemo } from "react";
-
-export function getRoomName(room?: Room): string {
-    return (room?.name || "")
-        .replace(":", ":\u200b") // add a zero-width space to allow linewrapping after the colon (matrix defaults)
-        .replace("[TG]", "");
-}
-
-export function isTokenGatedRoom(room: Room): boolean {
-    return room?.name?.includes("[TG]");
-}
-
-export function useTokenGatedRoom(room: Room): { roomName: string; isVerifiedRoom: boolean } {
-    const roomName = useMemo(() => {
-        return getRoomName(room);
-    }, [room]);
-
-    const isVerifiedRoom = useMemo(() => {
-        return isTokenGatedRoom(room);
-    }, [room]);
-
-    return {
-        roomName,
-        isVerifiedRoom,
-    };
-}