As the name implies, The Old Nick Cottage was once used as the village police station and has nothing to do with the other famous "Old Nick".

The property lies at the end of a row of cottages, collectively called "Seven Chimneys".

"A horse post which operated between Longnor, Hartington and Leek three days a week in 1829 passed through Warslow, and in 1834 a carrier to Ashbourne also handled mail. There was a village post office by 1861. There was a police constable in Warslow by 1844. A cottage at Seven Chimneys on the west side of the village was a police station by 1871, and it retains part of the original cell with its wooden bed."