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These unique and elegant buildings are available for private hire. They offer delightful and unusual settings for weddings, receptions, dinners, conferences and meetings.
Whether it is a spectacular drinks reception around at the Roman Baths, private dining in the elegant Pump Room, or the perfect backdrop to host your wedding, our teams ensure that the people they work with and people they serve feel special by being consistently exceptional.
The Pump Room Restaurant
These unique and elegant buildings are available for private hire. They offer delightful and unusual settings for weddings, receptions, dinners, conferences and meetings.
Whether it is a spectacular drinks reception around at the Roman Baths, private dining in the elegant Pump Room, or the perfect backdrop to host your wedding, our teams ensure that the people they work with and people they serve feel special by being consistently exceptional.
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Tlf.: +11 111 111 111
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Tlf.: +11 111 111 111
jhondoe@realestate.com
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Contact
Address: The Roman Baths, Abbey Church Yard, Bath BA1 1LZ
Telephone: +44 (0)1225 477785, 24 Hour information: 01225 477867
Email: romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk
Contact
Address: The Roman Baths, Abbey Church Yard, Bath BA1 1LZ
Telephone: +44 (0)1225 477785, 24 Hour information: 01225 477867
Email: romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk
Terrace and Reception Hall
Begin your visit to the Roman Baths in the magnificent Victorian reception hall.
Here you can purchase a ticket and receive your personal audioguide at no extra cost. Take a moment to notice the ceiling, decorated with images of the four seasons and surmounted by an elegant dome.
Here you can exchange your child's push-chair for a courtesy child carrier to assist your visit. There are also toilets and baby-changing facilities.
Perfect for an evening function, this historic dinner venue has a unique outlook over the Great Bath.
Built by the Victorians to view the newly discovered Great Bath, the Terrace is now an intimate and private event venue. A particularly lovely choice for dinners, guests may soak up the unique atmosphere and enjoy the special view of the steaming waters below.
Designed for concerts, the adjoining Reception Hall, with its stunning domed Four Seasons ceiling, now makes a fabulous area for dancing to a band or DJ. The central oval ticketing desk can be transformed into a fully stocked bar to set the scene for an impressive party.
Terrace and Reception Hall
Begin your visit to the Roman Baths in the magnificent Victorian reception hall.
Here you can purchase a ticket and receive your personal audioguide at no extra cost. Take a moment to notice the ceiling, decorated with images of the four seasons and surmounted by an elegant dome.
Here you can exchange your child's push-chair for a courtesy child carrier to assist your visit. There are also toilets and baby-changing facilities.
Perfect for an evening function, this historic dinner venue has a unique outlook over the Great Bath.
Built by the Victorians to view the newly discovered Great Bath, the Terrace is now an intimate and private event venue. A particularly lovely choice for dinners, guests may soak up the unique atmosphere and enjoy the special view of the steaming waters below.
Designed for concerts, the adjoining Reception Hall, with its stunning domed Four Seasons ceiling, now makes a fabulous area for dancing to a band or DJ. The central oval ticketing desk can be transformed into a fully stocked bar to set the scene for an impressive party.
Terrace
Walk around the terrace which overlooks the Great Bath and is lined with Victorian statues of Roman emperors and governors of Britain.
The statues on the terrace date to 1894, as they were carved in advance of the grand opening of the Roman Baths in 1897.
The Roman Baths were not discovered and explored until the late nineteenth century. The view from the Terrace is the first view you have as a visitor to the baths, but what you can see from here is less than a quarter of the site as a whole.
The Roman Baths extends under the modern ground level, beneath adjacent streets and squares, so many visitors are surprised when they discover just how big the site actually is!
Terrace
Walk around the terrace which overlooks the Great Bath and is lined with Victorian statues of Roman emperors and governors of Britain.
The statues on the terrace date to 1894, as they were carved in advance of the grand opening of the Roman Baths in 1897.
The Roman Baths were not discovered and explored until the late nineteenth century. The view from the Terrace is the first view you have as a visitor to the baths, but what you can see from here is less than a quarter of the site as a whole.
The Roman Baths extends under the modern ground level, beneath adjacent streets and squares, so many visitors are surprised when they discover just how big the site actually is!
Great Bath
Walk where Romans walked around the steaming pool filled with hot spa water, the magnificent centrepiece of the Roman Baths bathing complex.
The Great Bath is a massive pool, lined with 45 sheets of lead, and filled with hot spa water. It once stood in an enormous barrel-vaulted hall that rose to a height of 20 metres. For many Roman visitors this may have been the largest building they had ever entered in their life.
Once the visitors have left, this iconic building is transformed into one of Bath's most prestigious private hire venues. It is extremely popular for business events, weddings, drinks receptions and parties and can also accommodate concerts and fashion shows.
The Roman Baths, with its origins dating back 2000 years, is a magical setting that will delight and fascinate your guests. It is a perfect venue for a wedding or drinks reception prior to dinner in the Pump Room above. The building can cater for both large and small events due to the choice of spaces available to hire.
Great Bath
Walk where Romans walked around the steaming pool filled with hot spa water, the magnificent centrepiece of the Roman Baths bathing complex.
The Great Bath is a massive pool, lined with 45 sheets of lead, and filled with hot spa water. It once stood in an enormous barrel-vaulted hall that rose to a height of 20 metres. For many Roman visitors this may have been the largest building they had ever entered in their life.
Once the visitors have left, this iconic building is transformed into one of Bath's most prestigious private hire venues. It is extremely popular for business events, weddings, drinks receptions and parties and can also accommodate concerts and fashion shows.
The Roman Baths, with its origins dating back 2000 years, is a magical setting that will delight and fascinate your guests. It is a perfect venue for a wedding or drinks reception prior to dinner in the Pump Room above. The building can cater for both large and small events due to the choice of spaces available to hire.
Inner Terrace
Built by the Victorians to view the newly discovered Great Bath, the Terrace is now an intimate and private event venue. A particularly lovely choice for dinners, guests may soak up the unique atmosphere and enjoy the special view of the steaming waters below.
Perfect for an evening function, this historic dinner venue has a unique outlook over the Great Bath.
Designed for concerts, the adjoining Reception Hall, with its stunning domed Four Seasons ceiling, now makes a fabulous area for dancing to a band or DJ. The central oval ticketing desk can be transformed into a fully stocked bar to set the scene for an impressive party.
Inner Terrace
Built by the Victorians to view the newly discovered Great Bath, the Terrace is now an intimate and private event venue. A particularly lovely choice for dinners, guests may soak up the unique atmosphere and enjoy the special view of the steaming waters below.
Perfect for an evening function, this historic dinner venue has a unique outlook over the Great Bath.
Designed for concerts, the adjoining Reception Hall, with its stunning domed Four Seasons ceiling, now makes a fabulous area for dancing to a band or DJ. The central oval ticketing desk can be transformed into a fully stocked bar to set the scene for an impressive party.
Temple Pediment and Gorgon's Head
This is the best known object in the Roman Baths collection and has fascinated scholars and the public since its discovery in 1790. As a work of art the quality of workmanship is exceptional for Roman Britain and it is now generally recognised that it is probably the work of sculptors from Gaul in the later first century AD.
The pediment was supported originally by four large, fluted columns. The very powerful central image of the Gorgon’s head glowered down from a height of 15 metres on all who approached the temple. The pediment is full of allusions. In the corners are Tritons, half men and half fish servants of the water god Neptune. In the lower left centre ground is a face helmet in the form of a dolphin’s head. The small owl tucked away to the lower right of the large central roundel is also almost certainly perched at the top of another helmet.
The central head is held aloft by female 'Victories', on a shield ringed with oak leaves. The Victories stand on globes. The great head itself has snakes entwined within its beard, wings above its ears, beetling brows and a heavy moustache. Above all this, in the apex of the pediment, is a star.
What this collection of images means has been keenly debated for more than two hundred years. The significance of the name – The Gorgon’s head – is linked to a particular interpretation that sees the snakes entwined within the beard and hair of the central head as indicating that it represents the head of the Gorgon, a mythical creature killed by the Greek hero Perseus with the assistance of the goddess Athena. Perseus then gave the head to the goddess and she bore it thereafter on her breastplate.
Temple Pediment and Gorgon's Head
This is the best known object in the Roman Baths collection and has fascinated scholars and the public since its discovery in 1790. As a work of art the quality of workmanship is exceptional for Roman Britain and it is now generally recognised that it is probably the work of sculptors from Gaul in the later first century AD.
The pediment was supported originally by four large, fluted columns. The very powerful central image of the Gorgon’s head glowered down from a height of 15 metres on all who approached the temple. The pediment is full of allusions. In the corners are Tritons, half men and half fish servants of the water god Neptune. In the lower left centre ground is a face helmet in the form of a dolphin’s head. The small owl tucked away to the lower right of the large central roundel is also almost certainly perched at the top of another helmet.
The central head is held aloft by female 'Victories', on a shield ringed with oak leaves. The Victories stand on globes. The great head itself has snakes entwined within its beard, wings above its ears, beetling brows and a heavy moustache. Above all this, in the apex of the pediment, is a star.
What this collection of images means has been keenly debated for more than two hundred years. The significance of the name – The Gorgon’s head – is linked to a particular interpretation that sees the snakes entwined within the beard and hair of the central head as indicating that it represents the head of the Gorgon, a mythical creature killed by the Greek hero Perseus with the assistance of the goddess Athena. Perseus then gave the head to the goddess and she bore it thereafter on her breastplate.
Spring Overflow
See the Spring overflow which carries surplus water from the hot spring to the original Roman drain, and on to the River Avon four hundred metres away. The Roman plumbing and drainage system is still largely in place today and shows the ingenuity of the Roman engineers. Lead pipes were used to carry hot spa water around the site using gravity flow.
The Roman great drain can be seen through a glass floor in the museum. Some important finds have been made in the drain including a group of 34 gemstones and a mysterious tin mask.
Spring Overflow
See the Spring overflow which carries surplus water from the hot spring to the original Roman drain, and on to the River Avon four hundred metres away. The Roman plumbing and drainage system is still largely in place today and shows the ingenuity of the Roman engineers. Lead pipes were used to carry hot spa water around the site using gravity flow.
The Roman great drain can be seen through a glass floor in the museum. Some important finds have been made in the drain including a group of 34 gemstones and a mysterious tin mask.
Beau Street Hoard
The Beau Street Hoard was excavated by archaeologists on the site of the Gainsborough Hotel in Beau Street, Bath in 2007 and is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries to have been made in Bath.
The Beau Street Hoard is on permanent public display in an interactive exhibit within the People of Aquae Sulis Gallery. The 17,577 Roman coins span the period from 32BC – 274AD and were found in eight separate money bags, which were fused together. In March 2014 Bath & North East Somerset Council was awarded a grant of £372,500 from The Heritage Lottery Fund to purchase the hoard.
Beau Street Hoard
The Beau Street Hoard was excavated by archaeologists on the site of the Gainsborough Hotel in Beau Street, Bath in 2007 and is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries to have been made in Bath.
The Beau Street Hoard is on permanent public display in an interactive exhibit within the People of Aquae Sulis Gallery. The 17,577 Roman coins span the period from 32BC – 274AD and were found in eight separate money bags, which were fused together. In March 2014 Bath & North East Somerset Council was awarded a grant of £372,500 from The Heritage Lottery Fund to purchase the hoard.