Virtual tour of No 10 (Downing Street)

The interior of No10 Downing Street, home of British prime ministers since 1735, can now be viewed room by room on the internet.

The tour - link to virtual tour - takes in the main rooms of the house.


Virtual visitors will find some interesting titbits about the history of the house, which was presented by George II to Sir Robert Walpole, the first prime minister. For example, No 10's bricks are not naturally black, but yellow. The discoloration, due to pollution, became such a feature of the house that the bricks were painted black rather than cleaned during renovation work in the 1960s.