Downing Street Tour
Welcome to the 10 Downing Street tour - your chance to take a look behind the most famous front door in the world.
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Each page now has more information on special interest items to be found in the rooms.
About the door
The front door is simply the most famous in the world. Behind it lies a world of history and secrets but the door can tell an interesting tale itself.
Front door
Choose a room
Entrance Hall
Many famous feet have trodden across this entrance hall: from world leaders to, politicians, sporting heroes.
Cabinet Room
Apart from one or two exceptions - during the Second World War and when the house was being renovated - Cabinet meetings have been held here every Thursday morning to discuss the big issues of the day.
Grand Staircase
Portraits of every Prime Minister line the walls. They are hung in chronological order, with the most recent incumbents at the top.
White Drawing Room
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman died in this room in 1908 and it was here that Edward Heath kept his grand piano.
Terracotta Room
This was used as the dining room when Sir Robert Walpole was PM. The name of this room changes according to the colour it is painted.
Pillared Room
The Pillared Room is the largest of the three rooms and is used when international agreements are being signed, or as the main staging area for receptions.
Small Dining Room
The Small Dining Room was once known as the breakfast room. Prime Ministers and their families used this room to have their meals until the flat upstairs was renovated.
State Dining Room
Double doors lead you from the Small Dining Room to the larger State Dining room, which is built over the original vaulted stone kitchen.
You can also view our restoration gallery that charts the renovation of the William Kent suite of chairs in 1999.
