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Samuel Stretton (1731 – 11 May 1811) was a builder and architect in Nottingham who is noted for building the first powered cotton mill.
He carried on the business of a builder to Nottingham, at first on his own account, and later in partnership with his son
Family
He appears to have been born at Longdon Staffordshire in 1731 or 1732 and moved to Lenton in 1750, where he was married and where all his children were baptized. On 14 July 1754 he married Elizabeth Wombwell in Lenton. The marriage produced 6 children: *William Stretton
William Stretton (April 1755 - 12 March 1828) was a builder and architect based in Nottingham.
Family
He was the eldest child of Samuel Stretton and was baptised at Lenton on 20 April 1755.
He married Suzanna Lynam, daughter of William Lyn ...
April 1755 – 12 March 1828
* Ann 1757 – 11 April 1820
* Elizabeth 1759
* Mary 1760
* Samuel Stretton 1761
* Sarah 1763
His wife Elizabeth died on 22 February 1802 and was buried at Lenton. He died on 11 May 1811, and was buried on 16 May at Lenton.
Career
He carried on the business of a builder to Nottingham, at first on his own account, and later in partnership with his son William Stretton
William Stretton (April 1755 - 12 March 1828) was a builder and architect based in Nottingham.
Family
He was the eldest child of Samuel Stretton and was baptised at Lenton on 20 April 1755.
He married Suzanna Lynam, daughter of William Lyn ...
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Buildings by Samuel Stretton include:
*1769–1772 the first powered Cotton Mill erected in England, driven by horses turning a capstan.
*1776 Colwick Hall
Colwick Hall was an English country house in Colwick, Nottinghamshire. It is now a hotel. The building is Grade II* listed.
Colwick Hall is constructed of red brick, with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs with a 2-storey central block and ...
*1777 the Grand Stand on Nottingham Racecourse.
*1789 Nottingham Town Jail.
*1792 Evans, Storer and Green Brewery, Poplar Place, Lenton, NottinghamBritish Breweries: an architectural history. Lynn F. Pearson at a cost of £15,000 (equivalent to £ as of ),. This brewery only survived for two years.
*1792 Lenton Hall, now part of Hugh Stewart Hall at the University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stretton, Samuel 18th-century English architects 1731 births 1811 deaths Architects from Nottingham People from Longdon, Staffordshire People from Lenton, Nottingham