William Herbert Higginbottom

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. He attended the Nottingham School of Art.

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.

Buildings