Thomas Bower
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Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire.[1] He worked in partnership with Ernest H. Edleston at the Nantwich firm Bower & Edleston, which he founded in 1854.[2][3] He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture.[4]
In 1883, Bower was living at 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich.[5] In 1914, he and Edleston had offices at Bank Chambers on Churchyard Side in the town square.[6]
Works
Bower's buildings include:
- St Philip's Church, Kelsall (1860)[7][8][9]
- Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street, Nantwich (1861)[2]
- Spurstow School, Spurstow (1872)[10]
- Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876)[11][12][13]
- Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888)[14]
- Sandbach Town Hall (1889)[15][16][17]
- Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889)[18][19][20]
- Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s)[21]
- Petton Hall, Petton, Shropshire[22]
- Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896)[23]
- Alterations to Crewe Hall, Crewe Green (1896)[18][24][25]
- Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897)[26][27]
References
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- ↑ Church Plans Online: Bower, Thomas: b. 1838 - d. 1919 of Nantwich (accessed 20 February 2008)
- ↑ a b Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 288
- ↑ Bower Edleston Architects: Index (accessed 20 July 2010)
- ↑ The Arts and Crafts Home: Gothic Revival Architecture (accessed 20 February 2008)
- ↑ Hall, p. 53
- ↑ Kelly's Directory (1914)
- ↑ Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 249
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- ↑ Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 586
- ↑ Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 287
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- ↑ Nantwich Web: Nantwich Free Library (accessed 20 February 2008)
- ↑ Pevsner & Hubbard, pp. 40, 331
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- ↑ a b Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 191
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- ↑ Hospital Street Association: Combermere House: 148 Hospital Street Template:Webarchive (accessed 20 February 2008)
- ↑ Newman & Pevsner, p. 468
- ↑ Thorner.net: Biddulph Grange (accessed 20 February 2008)
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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) (Template:ISBN)
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Edward Hubbard & Nikolaus Pevsner. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Yale University Press; 2011) (Template:ISBN)
- Newman, J. & Pevsner, N. Shropshire (Yale University Press, 2006) (Template:ISBN)
- Pevsner, N. & Hubbard, E. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Penguin, 1971) (Template:ISBN)