Interior of 10 Downing Street
Interior of 10 Downing Street
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Record No
134280
Title
Interior of 10 Downing Street
Description
Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street, City of Westminster. The street was originally built in 1682 by Sir George Downing. A notorious spy for Oliver Cromwell and later Charles II, he invested in property and acquired considerable wealth. Originally three houses, Number 10 was offered to Sir Robert Walpole by King George II in 1732. He accepted on the condition that the gift was to the office of First Lord of the Treasury, a post held by the Prime Minister. Walpole commissioned William Kent to join the three houses, and this is what is known as 10 Downing Street. It has been the official residence of the British Prime Minister since 1735 and is Grade I listed, number 1210759. The Cabinet Room is at the rear of the building, measuring twenty feet (6 metres) by forty feet (12.1 metres). The mantelpiece is plain in mottled grey marble, with a cast-iron grate and tiled surround. On the mantle is a clock and above a portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745) Whig Prime Minister 1721 to 1742, painted by Flemish artist Jean Baptiste van Loo. It remains in the Government Art Collection. The walls are panelled and bookcases line the walls. A long table in the centre of the room is set out for a Cabinet meeting with papers in a folder for each Minister, an inkwell, and stationary in a rack. A telephone is by the Prime Ministers position. a sash window looks out over the garden. In 1927 the Prime Minister was Conservative Stanley Baldwin.
Date of execution
1927
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_465_A3518
London picture map location
Exact
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