James Paine (1717-1789) was an English architect. Essentially a Palladian, early in his career he was clerk of works at Nostell Priory. From the 1750s he had his own practice, and designed many of villas, usually consisting of a central building, often with a fine staircase, and two symetrical wings. The most important house which he was involved with was Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire where he succeeded Matthew Brettingham from 1759-1760 and suggested the colonnaded hall, but he was himself displaced by Robert Adam, who altered his designs. At around the same time he designed the very grand stables at Chatsworth House in the same county. From 1770-1776 he built Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, which featured as the Royal Ballet School in the film Billy Elliott. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ... Kedleston Hall was Brettinghams opportunity to prove himself capable of designing a house to rival Holkham Hall. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ... Holkham Hall. ... Kedleston Hall. ... Chatsworth House is a large stately home eight miles north of Matlock in Derbyshire, England, originally built by Bess of Hardwick. ... A bridge over the river Avon at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... The Royal Ballet School is a specialist co-educational school in London, England. ... Billy Elliot may refer to: The film Billy Elliot NASCAR driver Bill Elliott This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Paine's practice declined in his later years as he refused to participate in the neoclassical fashions established by the Adam brothers. He published much of his own work in his two volumes of Plans, elevations and sections of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses (1767 and 1783.