William Herbert Higginbottom

William Herbert Higginbottom JP (1868 - 6 December 1929) was an architect based in Nottingham.

Career

1868 saw Higginbottom’s birth in Leeds to Arnold Higginbottom and his wife Elizabeth. When he was one year of age, his family moved to Arnold, Nottingham, where his father became the headmaster of the British School.^[1]

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]

Buildings

Cross Street Baptist Church, Arnold

• Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses, Daybrook^[2] 1899
• The Carnegie Library, Arnold^[1]
• St Albans Picturedrome^[1]
• Empress Cinema, Arnold^[1]
• Mission Church at Daybrook^[1]
• War Memorial in Arnot Hill Park, Arnold^[1]
• Cross Street Baptist Church^[1]
• Daybrook Baptist Church,^[1] 1912
• Wesleyan Chapel, Arnold^[1]
• Victoria Cinema, Carlton^[1]
• Ruddington Public Hall^[1]
• Chilwell War Memorial^[1]
• War Memorial Cross, Beeston^[1]
• United Methodist Church, Sneinton^[1]
• Stapleford Schools^[1]
• Park House Carlton ^[1]
• Warehouses on Plumptre Street, Nottingham

References

1. "W H Higginbottom and James Shirtcliff". Arnold Local History Group. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
2. Nottinghamshire Guardian - Saturday 7 October 1899