Stott and Sons
Houldsworth Mill, Reddish, A. H. Stott, 1865
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| Industry | Architectural Practice |
| Fate | dissolved |
| Founded | A. H. Stott (1847) A. H. Stott & Son (1847) A. H. Stott & Sons (1847) Stott and Sons |
| Founder | Abraham Henthorn Stott, Senior 1822–1904 |
| Defunct | 1931 |
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Oldham, Lancashire (1847– Manchester, Lancashire, UK |
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Abraham Henthorn Stott Senior (1822–1904) Jesse Ainsworth Stott (1853–1917) Abraham Henthorn Stott Junior (1856–1931) |
| Products | Cotton mills |
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| 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. |
Stott and Sons was an architectural practice in Greater Manchester between 1847 and 1931. It specialised in cotton mills, designing 191 buildings of which 130 were mills or buildings related to the cotton industry. Abraham Henthorn Stott was born on 25 April 1822 in the parish of Crompton. He served a seven-year apprenticeship with Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the Houses of Parliament and Manchester Art Gallery. Abraham returned to Oldham in 1847 and founded the architectural practice of A H Stott. It was known for his innovative structural engineering. His brother Joseph Stott in 1866 started his career here before leaving to start his own practice. Three of his nine children worked in the practice. Jesse Ainsworth Stott became the senior partner. Philip Sydney Stott spent three years in the practice before starting his own. After Abraham's retirement his practice was renamed Stott and Sons.
The firm of A. H. Stott probably started in Clegg Street, Oldham in 1847. The owner, Abraham Henthorn Stott, had finished his architectural apprenticeship with Charles Barry's practice. It is thought that he obtained this position through the influence Jesse Ainsworth. On 30 December 1851 he married Ainsworth's niece Elizabeth or Eliza Ainsworth. The Ainsworths were prominent land and property owners in Oldham; the first identified mill that A. H. Stott designed was a room and power mill, Summervale Mill on Fletcher Street Jesse or Hannah Ainsworth (née Lees). The Lees were another prominent Oldham family.
Family connections were important in mid-Victorian Oldham. James and Mary Stott (née Henthorn) were married at the parish church of Prestwich-cum-Oldham on 18 June 1821. James was a stonemason, and was illiterate. They had four children in the township of Crompton, and two further children after a move to Oldham. Abraham was the first child and the first boy. Both Abraham and Joseph started work as stonemasons. A further cousin of A. H. Stott was a master cotton spinner called Abraham Stott and he owned Osborne Mills, which were built in 1872. The cousin traded under the name of Abraham Stott Ltd. A. H. Stott was a freemason. The offices moved to 37a King Street, Oldham in 1854.
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