Career
He is also thought to have been the site architect during the rebuilding of Stoke Park House at Stoke Gifford. James was the younger brother of Thomas Paty. A link between them is provided by the existence of a copybook, which may have been passed down within the family.
Drawings within it have been tentatively attributed to each of these three mentor
However, they each operated out of different workshops, that of the younger James being in Horse Street. He died in 1779 leaving a son, John.