There had been Baptists in Coggeshall since about 1772 who met in a small chapel on Vane Lane. The Essex Baptist Association had it’s headquarters in Coggeshall from May 1797.  Later the Baptists met in a house adjoining Hares Bridge on West Street.

Land was bought in Church Street in 1825 for £180 where subsequently a chapel was built, with a pool for full immersion Baptisms, which opened in 1855. The chapel was refurbished in 1888 and the famous preacher from Kelvedon, the Rev C H Spurgeon, contributed £23 towards the cost. The building went out of use in 1989 and the building now houses a business centre.