Originally a church leader at Saint John's Church, John Bunyan and his friends had to meet in private homes after their evangelical preaching was outlawed in 1660. Bunyan spent a great deal of time in the county gaol on Silver Street on account of his beliefs, and while incarcerated was inspired to write his famous Pilgrim's Progress. A barn on the site of the present chapel was used by worshippers  from 1672 onwards. Bunyan died twenty years before the first stone was laid in the construction of a new meeting house, the building pictured top left. The third  chapel, which stands today, was designed by John Wing and Jobson Jackson and opened in 1850. The principal addition since then is the pair of bronze doors. Created in 1876 by Frederick Thrupp, they are modelled on the Baptistry Doors in Florence and depict scenes from Pilgrim's Progress. Visitors will find the Bunyan Museum located next to the meeting house; for more information, visit the Bunyan Museum Website.