Stott & Sons. Architects of the Lancashire cotton mill

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Draws on a MPhil thesis - see the writer's 'Stott & Sons. Architects of the Lancashire cotton mill', Open University, 1992. Traces the history of the Stott family's architectural business; the textile mills they designed; their involvement in the promotion of cotton spinning businesses; their output of buildings other than cotton mills; etc. Much mill and business specific information. Includes Stott family tree. More notably has a gazetteer of mills [pp215-45]. The chapters include: 'The Lancashire cotton industry and its buildings, 1850-1930'; 'A family business'; 'Structural engineering'; 'Cotton mill design'; 'Mill builders - private companies'; 'Mill builders - public companies'; 'The process of mill building'; 'The wider practice' - ie other textile mills and industrial buildings, community buildings, housing, etc