Dr Barter's only venture in England, the Oriental Baths at 2, Victoria Street, London, opened early in 1862. Its magnificent building was constructed by the Oriental Bath Company of London Ltd, under Dr Richard Barter's guidance, at a cost of around £28,000. The baths never lived up to expectations, however, being considered to be in the wrong part of London. The company was, perhaps, fortunate that the site was bought by the Metropolitan Railway Company, for its new Victoria Station. The Bath was in consequence razed to ground only three years later in 1865.