The architect thought to have been responsible for the initial design is WilliamWinde, although the house has also been attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe the design to be so similar to Roger Pratt's Clarendon House, London, that it could have been the work of any talented draughtsman.
The assumption popular today, that Winde was the architect, is based on the stylistic similarity between the completed Belton and Coombe Abbey by Winde.
It is thought that WilliamWinde may have advised on the layout of the gardens.
Buckingham House circa [[1710 as redesigned by WilliamWinde for the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
George IV died in 1830, and the colourful and heavily gilded present state and semi-state rooms were not completed until the reign of William IV, a man of simpler tastes, and his wife, Queen Adelaide.
By 1847, the couple had found the palace too small for court life and their growing family, and as a result the new wing, designed by William IV's architect Edward Blore, was built, enclosing the quadrangle which is the centre of the palace.
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