A site was purchased from the 4th Duke of Newcastle on Derby Road.

The foundation stone was laid on 30 July 1849 by Samuel Morton Peto, MP for Norwich,[3] and the church was erected and opened on 9 July 1850 at a cost of £5,000[4] (equivalent to £675,400 in 2023).

[1] The church experienced a disastrous fire on 1 January 1893[5] which caused much damage and forced the congregation to relocate for nearly a full year.

[6] In 1946, many of the congregation from the George Street Particular Baptist Church transferred to Derby Road.

In 1894 Peter Conacher provided a new organ to replace the previous one which had been destroyed by fire.