Thomas Bower
English architect and surveyor
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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]
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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]
- Cemetery chapels at Audlem (1873–74)[11]
- Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876)[12][13][14]
- Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888)[15]
- Sandbach Town Hall (1889)[16][17][18]
- Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889)[19][20][21]
- Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s)[22]
- Petton Hall, Petton, Shropshire[23]
- Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896)[24]
- Alterations to Crewe Hall, Crewe Green (1896)[19][25][26]
- Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897)[27][28]