Thomas Bower
{{Short description|English architect and surveyor}}
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Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire.[http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=A%3DBOWER%2C+Thomas%3A+b.+1838+-+d.+1919+of+Nantwich%7Ca%3D6823 Church Plans Online: Bower, Thomas: b. 1838 - d. 1919 of Nantwich] (accessed 20 February 2008) He worked in partnership with Ernest H. Edleston at the Nantwich firm Bower & Edleston, which he founded in 1854.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 288[http://www.bower-edleston.com/ Bower Edleston Architects: Index] (accessed 20 July 2010) He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture.[http://www.achome.co.uk/architecture/gothic.htm The Arts and Crafts Home: Gothic Revival Architecture] (accessed 20 February 2008)
In 1883, Bower was living at 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich.Hall, p. 53 In 1914, he and Edleston had offices at Bank Chambers on Churchyard Side in the town square.Kelly's Directory (1914)
Works
Bower's buildings include:
- St Philip's Church, Kelsall (1860)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 249{{NHLE |num=1130533 |desc=Church of St Phillip (Grade II) |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1130533 |desc=Church of St Phillip |grade=II |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
- Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street, Nantwich (1861)
- Spurstow School, Spurstow (1872)Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 586
- Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 287{{NHLE |num=1138729 |desc=Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1138729 |desc=Barclays Bank |grade=II |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
- Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888)[http://www.nantwichweb.com/history/library.htm Nantwich Web: Nantwich Free Library] (accessed 20 February 2008)
- Sandbach Town Hall (1889)Pevsner & Hubbard, pp. 40, 331{{NHLE |num=1130352 |desc=Town Hall and Market Hall |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1130352 |desc=Town Hall and Market Hall |grade=II |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
- Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 191{{NHLE |num=1136132 |desc=The Old Vicarage |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1136132 |desc=The Old Vicarage |grade=II |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
- Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s)[http://www.hospital-street.co.uk/HTML/CombermereHouse.htm Hospital Street Association: Combermere House: 148 Hospital Street] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726214253/http://www.hospital-street.co.uk/HTML/CombermereHouse.htm |date=2011-07-26 }} (accessed 20 February 2008)
- Petton Hall, Petton, ShropshireNewman & Pevsner, p. 468
- Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896)[http://www.thornber.net/staffs/html/biddulph.html Thorner.net: Biddulph Grange] (accessed 20 February 2008)
- Alterations to Crewe Hall, Crewe Green (1896){{NHLE |num=1138666 |desc=Crewe Hall |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1138666 |desc=Crewe Hall |grade=I |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
- Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897){{NHLE |num=1330396 |desc=Drinking Fountain |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{National Heritage List for England| num=1330396 |desc=Drinking Fountain |grade=II |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
References
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=Sources=
- 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) ({{ISBN|0-901598-24-0}})
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Edward Hubbard & Nikolaus Pevsner. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Yale University Press; 2011) ({{ISBN|978-0-300-17043-6}})
- Newman, J. & Pevsner, N. Shropshire (Yale University Press, 2006) ({{ISBN|0300120834}})
- Pevsner, N. & Hubbard, E. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Penguin, 1971) ({{ISBN|0 14 071042 6}})
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Category:19th-century English architects