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.

He relied on triple brick arches supported on steel beams, a system favoured by George Stott, rather than concrete.

[4] His wealth was accumulated from the shares he held in the mills he designed rather than professional fees.

[citation needed] Stott married the portrait painter May Bridges Lee (1884−1977) on 2 January 1936.

[9] In 1923 Stott presented Overstone Park, Northamptonshire, to the Conservative Party for use as a training college for speakers and election agents.

Stott claimed it had never been given enough support and in May 1935 resigned from the presidency of the Cirencester-Tewkesbury Conservative and Unionist Association, citing differences with the party leadership over Indian policy.

After his death, a plaque commemorating Philip Sidney Stott was placed at the Chadderton Central Library near his birthplace.