Buckingham Palace forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. Buckingham House was eventually sold by Buckingham's natural son, Sir Charles Sheffield, in 1761 to George III for £21,000. Sheffield's leasehold on the mulberry garden site, the freehold of which was still owned by the royal family, was due to expire in 1774. Under the new Crown ownership, the building was originally intended as a private retreat for King
Garden at Buckingham Palace from Civil War uniform, a clay pipe, and a 17th-century trade token, possibly from the pub The Swan on the Strand. Additionally, evidence of the River Tyburn, which still runs below the Palace, was discovered. Other objects found included a diamond earring,dating to the Victorian era, and a 6,000-year-old Mesolithic flint blade]. Garden at Buckingham Palace The Garden at Buckingham Palace is situated at the rear (west) of Buckingham Palace. It covers much of the area of the former Goring Great Garden, named after Lord Goring, occupant of one of the earliest grand houses on the site. It was laid