- Thomas Bower
Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English
architect based inNantwich ,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 withE. H. Edleston for the Nantwich firm, Bower & Edleston.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 288] 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)]Works
Bower's buildings include:
*St Philip's Church,Kelsall (1860) [Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 249] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=55745 Images of England: Church of St Phillip] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street,Nantwich (1861)
*Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876) [Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 287] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56606 Images of England: Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888) [ [http://www.nantwichweb.com/history/library.htm Nantwich Web: Nantwich Free Library] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Town Hall,Sandbach (1889) [Pevsner & Hubbard, pp. 40, 331] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56207 Images of England: Town Hall and Market Hall] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Vicarage, Narrow Lane,Crewe Green (1889)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 191] [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56677 Images of England: The Old Vicarage] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s) [ [http://www.hospital-street.co.uk/HTML/CombermereHouse.htm Hospital Street Association: Combermere House: 148 Hospital Street] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Petton Hall,Petton ,Shropshire [Newman & 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 toCrewe Hall , Crewe Green (1896) [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56661 Images of England: Crewe Hall] (accessed 20 February 2008)]
*Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897) [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56208 Images of England: Drinking Fountain] (accessed 20 February 2008)]References
ources
*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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