The Anglican St George's Church was built in the early 19th century,[2] and Nonconformists were initially catered for by a building called Ebenezer Chapel which had been registered in November 1874.

[4] This was succeeded by a new centrally located Baptist chapel built between 1884 and 1885[2] to the design of George Rake, a locally prolific architect,[note 1] and registered in September 1885.

Alan Balfour described it as "elegant and superbly constructed" and "architecture of high quality", noting particularly the "subtlety" of its internal layout and proportions.

The interior is laid out as a tall box with a central division formed by a full-height altar screen, the back of which can be seen through the fully glazed front elevation.

Behind the dividing wall (to the east) is a hall which can be used for various purposes; it flanked by shorter single-storey "wings" forming smaller spaces used for offices and similar.

[14] The altar screen is "a solid volume of raw grey brick", and the side wings and rear parts of the building are of the same brickwork.