9 and 9A Southgate Street

The actual Bell Inn building itself was actually built for the Mayor of Gloucester at the time, Thomas Yate, in 1664–5 as a merchant's house. Sash windows were added to all of the upper floors in the eighteenth century. Thomas and Elizabeth () Whitefield (newlyweds from Bristol, England), during their honeymoon in Gloucester, purchased both the apothecary and the next door home of Mayor Yates. They converted it into the luxurious Bell Inn (Hotel), complete with full service stables and stores on the bottom floor. The old apothecary building was converted into a tavern with a theater and a ballroom for large social events. Actors were hired by the Whitefield family to perform at Bell Inn Pub…