Buckingham
Palace
 Buckingham Palace |
The building was originally Buckingham House, built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham, but in 1762 George III bought it for Queen Charlotte, and it was known as the Queen's House. George IV made many alterations, but never lived in it.
The arch now known as Marble Arch was originally in front of the house; Queen Victoria had it moved to its present position. Since her reign it has been the main royal residence, and the Changing of the Guard is done every morning at 11.30.
It was considerably enlarged when it became a palace; the side facing the Mall is a facade, originally built in 1847 and replaced by a design by Sir Aston Webb in 1913. The actual front of the house faces the garden, which has curving paths and a serpentine lake with an island.
The ley crosses the main courtyard, slightly to the left as viewed from the Mall, one boundary going through the right-hand edge of the gate tower on the facade, and the other near the left-hand parallel wall. The left-hand boundary runs through the middle of the island in the lake.
The Mall runs from Buckingham Palace to Admiralty Arch, and the ley runs along it slightly offset to the left, looking towards the Palace. The energy stream was measured as twenty-three paces, one border being in the centre of the Victoria Monument (another important ley also passes through this) outside the Palace, and the other being at the edge of the circular paved area which surrounds it. There seems to be some tendency for the trees to lean towards the ley.
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