[3][4] Thomas and Elizabeth (Edwards) 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 Building, once referred to as the Apothecary.

[10] In 2014, Gloucester City Council added LED lights to the front of the building to draw attention to the timber facade at night time.

The front room of the first floor has decorative plasterwork and a mid-nineteenth century fireplace within a magnificently carved surround with cherubs, cornucopia and a segmental pediment with broken overmantel with the Yate/Berkeley coat of arms above it which dates to 1650.