Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire.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. 288Bower Edleston Architects: Index (accessed 20 July 2010) He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture.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 Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street, Nantwich (1861) Spurstow School, Spurstow (1872)Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 586 Cemetery chapels at Audlem (1873–74)Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 117 Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 287 Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888)Nantwich Web: Nantwich Free Library (accessed 20 February 2008) Sandbach Town Hall (1889)Pevsner & Hubbard, pp. 40, 331 Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 191 Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s)Hospital Street Association: Combermere House: 148 Hospital Street (accessed 20 February 2008) Petton Hall, Petton, ShropshireNewman & Pevsner, p. 468 Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896)Thorner.net: Biddulph Grange (accessed 20 February 2008) Alterations to Crewe Hall, Crewe Green (1896) Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897)
References
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) () 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) ()