[1] The congregation formed in 1849 as the result of a split in Methodism in Long Eaton.

They first met the large kitchen of Mr. Winfield's house, but the congregation outgrew this and Thomas Waller provided another larger room.

In the late 1880s, the congregation acquired a site on Derby Road for £1,080 and built a school room in 1886[2] at a cost of £2,500.

The brickwork was done by G. Youngman of Long Eaton The church has a pipe organ dating from 1904 by Andrews, which was restored by Henry Willis around 1965.

It was fitted with a precision gravity escapement and non-expanding pendulum rod, and was automatically wound each hour with a three-hour reserve.