Thomas Bower
Illustration — Biddulph Grange • Illustration — Sandbach Town Hall • Illustration — Sandbach Town Hall Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire. He worked in partnership with Ernest H. Edleston at the Nantwich firm Bower & Edleston, which he founded in 1854. He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture.
Thomas Bower
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- 1838
- Died
- 1919
- Occupation
- architect
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Illustration — Biddulph Grange • Illustration — Sandbach Town Hall • Illustration — Sandbach Town Hall Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire. He worked in partnership with Ernest H. Edleston at the Nantwich firm Bower & Edleston, which he founded in 1854. He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture.
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In 1883, Bower was living at 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich. In 1914, he and Edleston had offices at Bank Chambers on Churchyard Side in the town square.
Bower's buildings include: • St Philip's Church, Kelsall (1860) • Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street, Nantwich (1861) • Spurstow School, Spurstow (1872) • Cemetery chapels at Audlem (1873–74) • Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876) • Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888) • Sandbach Town Hall (1889) • Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889) • Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s) • Petton Hall, Petton, Shropshire • Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896) • Alterations to Crewe Hall, Crewe Green (1896) • Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897)
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1838
Thomas Bower born.
1860
St Philip's Church, Kelsall is dated 1860.
1861
Lamb Hotel is dated 1861.
1876
11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich is dated 1876.
1919
Thomas Bower died.
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- 1.Church Plans Online: Bower, Thomas: b. 1838 - d. 1919 of Nantwich (accessed 20 February 2008)
- 2.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 288
- 3.Bower Edleston Architects: Index (accessed 20 July 2010)
- 4.The Arts and Crafts Home: Gothic Revival Architecture (accessed 20 February 2008)
- 5.Hall, p. 53
- 6.Kelly's Directory (1914)
- 7.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 249
- 8.1130533. Church of St Phillip (Grade II).
- 9.1130533. Church of St Phillip. II.
- 10.Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 586
- 11.Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 117
- 12.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 287
- 13.1138729. Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side.
- 14.1138729. Barclays Bank. II.
- 15.Nantwich Web: Nantwich Free Library (accessed 20 February 2008)
- 16.Pevsner & Hubbard, pp. 40, 331
- 17.1130352. Town Hall and Market Hall.
- 18.1130352. Town Hall and Market Hall. II.
- 19.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 191
- 20.1136132. The Old Vicarage.
- 21.1136132. The Old Vicarage. II.
- 22.Hospital Street Association: Combermere House: 148 Hospital Street (accessed 20 February 2008)
- 23.Newman & Pevsner, p. 468
- 24.Thorner.net: Biddulph Grange (accessed 20 February 2008)
- 25.1138666. Crewe Hall.
- 26.1138666. Crewe Hall.
- 27.1330396. Drinking Fountain.
- 28.1330396. Drinking Fountain. II.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Hall, J. A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, or Wich Malbank, in the County Palatine of Chester (2nd ed.) (E. J. Morten, 1972) ( )
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Edward Hubbard & Nikolaus Pevsner. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Yale University Press; 2011) ( )
- Newman, J. & Pevsner, N. Shropshire (Yale University Press, 2006) ( )
- Pevsner, N. & Hubbard, E. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Penguin, 1971) ( )
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