The Forum was built as an art deco cinema in Bath, Somerset, England, in 1934, and was designated as a Grade II* listed building on 28 May 1986.
[1] The building closed as a cinema in 1969, and has subsequently been used as a dancing school, a bingo hall, a church and a large event space for concerts and stand-up comedy.
The Forum was built by William Henry Watkins and E Morgan Willmott, assisted by A Stuart Gray,[1] at the cost of £80,000 (equivalent to £7,173,865 in 2023)[2] with a steel frame covered by Bath Stone cladding in a combination of art deco and neo-classical style.
Inside the walls are brick with concrete floors, with large art deco candelabra lighting.
[3][6] In 2014, the Bath Christian Trust put together plans to convert part of The Forum's ground floor into a café which is now open.