George Salway Nicol was born in Homerton, Middlesex, England on 28 April 1878 and was articled to his father, John Coulson Nicol (1848-1933), Oliver Essex (1855-1939) and John Goodman (1865-1952) of Essex, Nicol & Goodman in Birmingham from 1892 to 1896. He also attended the Architectural Association in London, From 1900 he worked as an assistant to John McKean Brydon (1840-1901).
He subsequently qualified as an architect and from 1905 until his death, twenty-five years later, was in partnership with his father as Nicol & Nicol.
George Salway Nicol was awarded the Tite Prize in 1907. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1903 and a Fellow of the Royal institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1918. He was also a member of the Birmingham Architectural Association and its President.
His address was given as 21 Waterloo Road, Birmingham and Elmdon Lodge, Axkock's Green, Birmingham in 1903; and King's Court, 117, Colmore Row, Birmingham in 1914 and 1929. He died in Prestwick Northumberland on 9 March 1930.
In Nichol & Nichol partnership: Hearts of Oak Benefit Society's Offices, Euston Road, London; White House, Birmingham; Picture House, Birmingham; St. Benedict's Church, Birmingham; St. Chad's Church, Bradford; Messrs. Grainger and Smith's premises, Birmingham; and housing for Birmingham Corporation. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z.
Who's Who in Architecture. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926