The Roman Baths in Bath grew around a temple built about 60 to 70 CE, and the bathing complex developed over about 300 years. The temple podium was over 6.5 feet (2 m) high, and its pediment is 26 feet (7.9 m) wide. Its gorgon head is disputed, because Gorgons are usually female. The Great Bath was lined with Mendip lead, with hypocausts beneath the caldarium floor.
The spring produces 1,170,000 liters a day at 46 °C at the surface. The Grand Pump Room, in a neoclassical style with four Corinthian columns, was begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin and completed in 1799 by John Palmer. Charles Edward Davis built the museum and Queen's Bath in 1889, and John Brydon added the concert hall in 1897. The infobox gives building as 1894 and completion as 1897.
The Clore Learning Centre opened on June 16, 2022. More than a million people visit each year, and bathing is prohibited.
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