About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: 10 Downing Street, Handel House Museum, 14 Prince's Gate, London, Wallace Collection, Chatham House, Apsley House, Sir John Soane's Museum, Burlington House, Albany, Manor House, 21 Soho Square, Admiralty House, London, Lancaster House, Asia House, Marlborough House, Clarence House, Winfield House, Schomberg House, Newcastle House, Ashburnham House, Spencer House, London, 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, Lansdowne House, Benjamin Franklin House, Cambridge House, Dover House, Gwydyr House, 11 Downing Street, Chandos House, Home House, 50 Berkeley Square, 48 Belgrave Square, St John's Lodge, London, York House, St. James's Palace, 12 Downing Street, 9 Downing Street, Seaford House, Dartmouth House, Aberconway House. Excerpt: 10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10," is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister. Situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster, London, Number 10 is one of the most famous addresses in the United Kingdom and the world. Almost three hundred years old, the building contains about one hundred rooms. There is a private residence on the third floor and a kitchen in the basement. The other floors contain offices and numerous conference, reception, sitting and dining rooms where the Prime Minister works, and where government ministers, national leaders and foreign dignitaries are met and entertained. There is an interior courtyard and, in the back, a terrace overlooking a garden of 0.5 acres (2,000 m). Adjacent to St. James's Park, Number 10 is near the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, and Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British Monarch. Number 10 was originally three houses. In 1732, King George II...
