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 £186,400 in 2021).[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]