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unusual facts about James Paine



Dover House

Dover House was designed by James Paine for Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, Bart., MP, in the 1750s and remodelled by Henry Flitcroft, as "Montagu House", for George Montagu, created 1st Duke of Montagu, who had removed from Bloomsbury.

Serlby Hall

The first house on the site was built 1740 by James Paine for John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, who had bought the 500 acre Serleby estate from the Saunderson family of Blyth.


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