10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street is the address of the London residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The residence was presented by George II in 1733 to Robert Walpole, the first official Prime Minister of the country.
| 10 Downing Street | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Front entrance of 10 Downing Street | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′12″N 0°07′39″W / 51.5033°N 0.1275°WCoordinates: 51°30′12″N 0°07′39″W / 51.5033°N 0.1275°W |
| Current tenants | |
| Construction started | 1682 |
| Completed | 1684 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kenton Couse |
| Website | |
| gov.uk | |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | 10, Downing Street SW1 |
| Designated | 14 January 1970 |
| Reference no. | 1210759[1] |
It is in Downing Street in the City of Westminster. The house is over 300 years old and has about 100 rooms.[2]
The house is close to St James's Park, Buckingham Palace, and the Palace of Westminster (which is the meeting place of both houses of Parliament).
10 Downing Street Media
Portrait of George Downing painted c. 1675–1690 by Thomas Smith, The Fogg Museum
The Palace of Whitehall by Hendrick Danckerts c. 1660–1679. Viewed from St James's Park, the "House at the Back" is on the right; the octagonal building next to it is the Cockpit.
Robert Walpole accepted George II's gift of the house at the back and two Downing Street houses on behalf of the office of the First Lord of the Treasury.
William Pitt the Younger lived in Number 10 for twenty years, longer than any Prime Minister before or since.
No 10 Downing Street, 1888 by Philip Norman
Garden of No 10 Downing Street, 1888 by Philip Norman
Winston Churchill emerging from Number 10 in 1943
The damaged drawing room of 10 Downing Street following a bomb raid in February 1944.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and U.S. President Ronald Reagan at 10 Downing Street in 1982.
The replica of the door with the Union Flag decoration in 2015
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List for England
- ↑ 10 Surprising facts about Number 10 Downing Street. BBC. 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3LrMh99XJ1Xsh7GtrvH1s8H/10-surprising-facts-about-number-10-downing-street.