Buckingham House

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Buckingham House was the early 18th-century London townhouse that was later enlarged and transformed into Buckingham Palace, the principal royal residence of the British monarch.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Buckingham House canonical 14
Buckingham House, London 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
former royal residence ⓘ
townhouse ⓘ
architect William Winde ⓘ
architecturalStyle English Baroque ⓘ
category Former houses in the City of Westminster ⓘ
Houses completed in 1703 ⓘ
Royal residences in London ⓘ
clientDuringEnlargement George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George IV

William IV ⓘ
surface form: King William IV
commissionedBy John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
demolishedOrAbsorbed 19th century ⓘ
enlargedBy Edward Blore ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
enlargementStart 1820s ⓘ
floorCount 3 ⓘ
follows Goring House (on or near the site) ⓘ
function aristocratic townhouse ⓘ
hasGarden Buckingham Palace Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Buckingham Palace Garden
hasPart central block later forming core of Buckingham Palace ⓘ
hasSuccessor Buckingham Palace ⓘ
heritageStatus incorporated into Grade I listed Buckingham Palace ⓘ
historicalRegion Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex
locatedInTime early 18th century ⓘ
location City of Westminster ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

St James's ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
namedAfter John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby ⓘ
near St James’s Park ⓘ
surface form: St James's Park

The Mall, London ⓘ
notableResident George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
surface form: Queen Charlotte
originalOwner John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby ⓘ
ownership British Crown ⓘ
partOf Buckingham Palace ⓘ
surface form: Buckingham Palace complex
principalSuccessorUse principal royal residence of the British monarch ⓘ
purchaseDate 1761 ⓘ
purchasedBy George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III
purchasedFor Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
surface form: Queen Charlotte
roofMaterial slate ⓘ
startDate 1703 ⓘ
transformedInto Buckingham Palace ⓘ
use private retreat for Queen Charlotte ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buckingham Palace → originalName → Buckingham House ⓘ
Charlotte, Princess Royal → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh → placeOfBirth → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Prince Octavius of Great Britain → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
William IV → placeOfBirth → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
William Winde → notableWork → Buckingham House ⓘ
William Winde → designed → Buckingham House ⓘ
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Prince Augustus Frederick → birthPlace → Buckingham House ⓘ
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence → placeOfBirth → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Prince Edward Augustus → placeOfBirth → Buckingham House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buckingham House, London
Queen Charlotte → residence → Buckingham House ⓘ