William Herbert Higginbottom

He was born on 23 March 1868 in Leeds to Anthony Higginbottom (1842-1895) and Elizabeth Ackroyd (1844-1913). When he was one year of age, his family moved to Arnold, Nottingham, where his father became the headmaster of the British School.[1]

He married Elizabeth Spencer (1869-1924) on 25 January 1897 at Redcliffe Road Methodist Chapel, Nottingham, and they had the following children:

• Hilda Margaret Higginbottom (1899-1973)
• William Herbert Higginbottom (1899-1899)
• (Anthony) John Higginbottom (1902-1972) LRIBA also an architect
• Elizabeth May Higginbottom (1904-1904)
• Elizabeth Higginbottom (1906-1972)

He died on 6 December 1929 and left an estate valued at £2882 16s 2d.[2] (equivalent to £176,500 in 2019).[3]

He attended the Nottingham School of Art.[4]

For a time he worked from King John's Chambers in Nottingham. In 1905 he moved to an office at 16 George Street, Nottingham[5] but in 1906 he moved to 2 Friar Yard, Friar Lane, Nottingham.[6] along with Hedley John Price.

After qualifying as an architect Higginbottom designed many of the important buildings in Arnold.

He was a local councillor on Arnold Urban District Council and chairman from 1911 to 1913. He was a member of Nottinghamshire County Council, for the Bestwood Park Division, where he worked on the old age pension and highways committees.[1]

Sir John Robinson's Almshouses

Cross Street Baptist Church, Arnold

Chilwell Memorial Institute 1924

• St Matthias' Day Schools, Carlton Road, Sneinton, Nottingham 1895 (enlargement)[7]
• Stapleford Schools[1] 1896
• Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses, Daybrook 1899[8]
• Wesleyan Chapel, Arnold[1] 1900
• Carlton Methodist Church, 1903[9]
• Five semi-detached houses, 44-62 Meadow Road, Beeston
• United Methodist Church, Sneinton Boulevard, Sneinton 1904-05[10]
• The Carnegie Library, Arnold[1] 1906[11]
• Calverton Methodist Church, 1907[12]
• Cross Street Baptist Church[1] 1909[13]
• St Albans Picturedrome, Arnold 1912[14] (with George Francis Grimwood)
• Daybrook Baptist Church,[1] 1912
• Ruddington Village Hall[1] 1912-13
• Victoria Picture Palace, 49 Station Road, Carlton[1] 1912-13
• Empress Cinema, Arnold[1] 1913
• Mission Church at Daybrook[1]
• War Memorial Cross, Beeston[1] 1921[15]
• War Memorial in Arnot Hill Park, Arnold[1] 1922
• Chilwell Memorial Institute 1924[1]
• Park House Carlton [1]
• Warehouses on Plumptre Street, Nottingham
• Sunday School, Ebenezer United Methodist Chapel, Arnold 1929[16]