Tewkesbury. Located next to Tewkesbury Abbey, the Bell Hotel was built in 1696 and is noted for its half timbered, triple gabled facade. Parts of the cellar are believed to be older, as the inn was once a medieval hostel associated with the Abbey, and wooden panels inside are thought to once have been pews from the Abbey. It was originally known as Angel and later became the Bell and Bowling Green Hotel, famous for its large bowling green (the Tewkesbury Bowls Club was founded here in 1928). Surrounding the green was an old yew hedge towering 15 feet high, which shielded the bowlers from the strong south westerly winds that often blew in from the Ham. A Greene King pub, its IPA was a nice start to my Tewkesbury crawl.