James Stott |
Mary Henthorn | ||||||
Abraham Henthorn Stott, Senior "A.H.Stott" 25 April 1822- 1904 A H Stott and sons Stott and Sons |
James Stott Stotts of Oldham Catering equipment |
Joseph Stott 25 October 1836-1894 Joseph Stott (1861-1894) Joseph Stott, Heywood and Ogden (1894-1895) |
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Jesse Ainsworth Stott (1853–1917) A H Stott and sons Stott and Sons |
Abraham Henthorn Stott, Junior (1856–1931) "Henthorn" A H Stott and sons Stott and Sons |
Philip Sydney Stott "Sydney Stott" Sir Philip Stott, 1st Baronet' (1858–1937) |
George Stott (1876-1936) Joseph Stott and Son (1896-1936) |
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His sons: James Stott (1880-) Harold Stott (1885-) |
George Edward Stott (1887–1957) |
Note: Abraham Stott of Abraham Stott and Son (Osborne Mills) was a cousin of A H Stott. |
Sir Philip Sidney Stott, 1st Baronet (20 February 1858 – 31 March 1937), usually known by his full name or as Sidney Stott, was an English architect, civil engineer and surveyor.
Stott was born in Chadderton, Lancashire, at Wykeham Place (now the site of the former Chadderton Central Library), the third son of Abraham Henthorn Stott. He was educated at Oldham High School and then joined the family firm, which had offices in Oldham and Manchester.
In 1883 he set up his own business, P. S. Stott, specialising in the design of cotton mills. Many of his designs were erected in Lancashire and across the world, especially in India and the Far East.
He benefited from innovations made by his father and Edward Potts, another Oldham architect. His first mill design was for Chadderton Mill in 1885. Sidney Stott designed 22 mills in Oldham and 55 elsewhere in Lancashire. His last design was for the Maple No 2 Mill in 1915. His work accounted for 44% of the increase in the spinning capacity of the county between 1887 and 1925, and for 40% of the new spindles laid down in Oldham between 1887 and 1914. His mills housed 9 million spindles. He relied on triple brick arches supported on steel beams, a system favoured by George Stott, rather than concrete. His wealth was accumulated from the shares he held in the mills he designed rather than professional fees. Many of his designs were erected across the world, especially in India and the Far East.
Stott was a freemason. He was president of the Oldham Lyceum and played rugby for Oldham F.C. (the "Roughyeds") from circa 1877 to 1885. He held several directorships in the Lancashire cotton spinning industry.