Henry Bowman (architect)

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Henry Bowman (1814–1883) was an English church architect and architectural historian.

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Life

Henry Bowman was born in Nantwich, Cheshire, in 1814, the second son of John Eddowes Bowman the Elder. [1] Bowman worked as an architect in Manchester, from 1840 to about 1883, in partnership with Joseph Stretch Crowther. He designed Congleton Workhouse in 1838 and Stockport Union Workhouse in 1840.

Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel, Leeds City Square, by Bowman & Crowther, opened 27 December 1847. Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel, City Square, Leeds - DSC07730.JPG
Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel, Leeds City Square, by Bowman & Crowther, opened 27 December 1847.

Bowman died at Brockham Green, near Reigate, on 14 May 1883. The brass lectern at Christchurch, Brockham is dedicated to his memory. [3]

Works

Among the churches Bowman designed are Hyde Chapel, Cheshire and Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds. [4] He was joint author with James Hadfield of Ecclesiastical Architecture of Great Britain, from the Conquest to the Reformation, 1845; and with his partner, J. S. Crowther, of The Churches of the Middle Ages, 1857. Bowman and Crowther trained a number of younger architects, including Thomas Worthington, John Garrard Elgood, and possibly Edward Salomons. [5]

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References

    • Hall J. A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, or Wich Malbank, in the County Palatine of Chester, pp. 508–10 (2nd edn) (E. J. Morten; 1972) ( ISBN   0-901598-24-0)
  1. "Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel History". Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. History of Brockham Christchurch http://www.brockham.org/top-menu/christchurch/christchurch-history.aspx%5B%5D
  3. Anthony Dawson: Historical and Unitarian musings http://anthonydawson.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/carved-stone-heads.html
  4. Scottish Architects http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=204707
Attribution

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Bowman, John Eddowes (1785-1841)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.