As he entered the building and went down the stairs, he said: "This is a Roman house dating from about the year 190 and not only is it a Roman house, it has a dark secret in it as well because along here isn’t just a house, it’s got a bath house attached to it.".
Another feature of the ancient Roman house is a tepidarium room, which David said would have been used for business and it "would have been comfortable but very hot."
As you go down the stairs into the basement, you will discover the ruins of a Roman house with a bath house attached to it, dating from about the year 190.
Giving his viewers the chance to see inside the archaeological site, David explored each room, starting with the Roman 'hot room' which "would have been so hot that your skin would have been fried off your feet."
Billingsgate Roman House and Baths has been preserved for nearly 2,000 years and was declared a scheduled monument under the Ancient Monuments & Archaeological Areas Act 1979 – so any damage caused could be a criminal offence.
