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] He attended the Nottingham School of Art.[2]
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
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- Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses, Daybrook 1899[3]
- Carlton Methodist Church, 1903[4]
- Sneinton Methodist Church 1904-05[5]
- The Carnegie Library, Arnold[1] 1906[6]
- Calverton Methodist Church, 1907[7]
- Cross Street Baptist Church[1] 1909[8]
- St Albans Picturedrome[1]
- Empress Cinema, Arnold[1]
- Mission Church at Daybrook[1]
- War Memorial in Arnot Hill Park, Arnold[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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "W H Higginbottom and James Shirtcliff". Arnold Local History Group. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Nottingham School of Art List of Awards". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 30 August 1888. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Sandford Robinson Almshouses". Nottingham Journal. England. 4 October 1899. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "Methodism at Carlton. New Chapel Opened". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 13 August 1903. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "New Methodist Church at Sneinton". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 16 June 1904. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "Carnegie Library at Arnold". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 27 October 1906. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "The foundation stones of a new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Calverton…". Nottingham Journal. England. 8 April 1907. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "New Baptist Chapel at Arnold". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 18 February 1909. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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