Thomas Bower

Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire. He worked in partnership with Ernest H. Edleston at the Nantwich firm Bower & Edleston, which he founded in 1854. He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture.

In 1883, Bower was living at 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich. In 1914, he and Edleston had offices at Bank Chambers on Churchyard Side in the town square.

Works Bower's buildings include: St Philip's Church, Kelsall (1860) Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street, Nantwich (1861) Cemetery chapels at Audlem (1873–74) Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876) Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888) Sandbach Town Hall (1889) Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889) Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s) Petton Hall, Petton, Shropshire Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896) Alterations to Crewe Hall, Crewe Green (1896) Drinking fountain, Sandbach (1897)