The congregation had its roots in Friar Lane Baptist Church, which it outgrew by the early nineteenth century.

It commissioned a new building on George Street which opened in 1815.

It was built to designs by the architect Edward Staveley.

The congregation also formed Cross Street Baptist Church in Arnold, Nottingham.

It was erected by Messrs. Bevington and Sons of London, at a cost of £220 (equivalent to £25,395 in 2023) [1] (It is possible that the church authorities had seen the organ by the same builders erected the previous year in St. Paul's Church on the opposite side of George Street.)