Every time I see the Cabinet Room I can't help picturing Sir Humphrey Appleby trying to climb in through the window opposite the PM's chair.
@John-qd5of
2 ай бұрын
Ha ha ha! Mrs. T. found that hilarious, too. "Yes, Minister" was one of her favourite programmes.
@lvthud
2 ай бұрын
It's that and to be honest, the Spitting Image scenes set in the cabinet room.
@Parianparlay
2 ай бұрын
Thank you Allan, superb film as always!
@Aengus42
2 ай бұрын
@@lvthud At a Cabinet dinner... Thatcher: "I'll have the steak." Waiter: "Certainly Ma'am, & what about the vegetables?" Thatcher: "They'll have the same as me." Best Spitting Image line ever... 🤣
@TalesOfWar
2 ай бұрын
"You forgot your key?"
@janegardener1662
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating history of a world-renowned address. Thank you!
@oldhippy1947
3 ай бұрын
Another interesting video. As an American, I probably know less about 10 Downing Street than most of your viewers, but as always, you put it all in historical perspective. Thank you again.
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
It is fascinating - London has layers of change, occupation and history. This little corner of it has long been the preserve of the powerful.
@danielkarmy4893
3 ай бұрын
Happy independence anniversary to all of you!
@youngimperialistmkii
3 ай бұрын
As an American, I was thinking the same thing. I don't think that I had ever seen the inside of the building before.
@paulbrookes6705
2 ай бұрын
As a Brit I knew nothing about it so it was a lear ning curve for me.
@FRM101
2 ай бұрын
I think you're giving 'most of your viewers' a tad too much credit
@hayee
Ай бұрын
This is such an incredible video, I found you via Natasha & Debbie! Keep up the incredible work and thank you for sharing our history, it’s certainly taught me a lot!
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
Thank you.
@jilltagmorris
3 ай бұрын
❤🎉😊 Thank you. 10 is a mystery to me. All I know is about Larry the cat. 😂😂😂😂
@chelseagirl278
2 ай бұрын
really,, all there is to know
@GottaBeThere2736
2 ай бұрын
Oh, what outstanding research. So interesting! Many thanks.
@garycurry4600
3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Dr. Barton, for the hard work you did in preparing this video. I was surprised to learn of the many renovations that have needed to happen over time…but once you explained how the house was built “on the cheap”, it makes perfect sense now. As an American, I found myself comparing the renovations done to Number 10 to the very extensive restoration done in the late 1940’s through the early 1950’s to our own White House, and how both structures may look the same outside, but were basically gutted and reconstructed from scratch. That half hour went by far too quickly. Again, my thanks to you.
@lozinozz7567
3 ай бұрын
Very interesting as usual. Just one question, why does every prime minister waste money redecorating a property they don’t own and live in for a short time. Be good if one of them just made it tasteful and successive ministers left it alone 😊
@martihurford
3 ай бұрын
The only thing I knew of its interiors came from Hugh Grant dancing throughout it in Love Actually 😂. Thanks for putting together this amazing piece.
@avon1243
3 ай бұрын
That was so interesting. It was a bonus to see the inside. Very well researched and narrated. Thank you!
@michaelamos4651
3 ай бұрын
Great research. Very interesting. Thanks for all the hard work
@maryloumawson6006
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I've always been fascinated by 10 Downing street, but there seemed to be little information about the house on KZitem. My fascination is rooted in the fact that it is an urban dwelling, with frontage on a sidewalk, right on a street in a large populace city. No sweeping approaches, no grand vistas, nor lofty balconies, etc. To me, an American, having your government occupy such an approachable, unprepossessing space is quite laudable and satisfying. It demonstrates that the government is close to the people, not above them, but serving them from within their midst. I agree that preserving the house and it's history was worth the extra cost, but perhaps could have been done more efficiently. It must be a nightmare for security.
@Timdalf1
2 ай бұрын
The main reason for this "humble pile" of a residence/office is of course because the PM is not head of state. He is just a political hack really... Our American presidency manages somehow to combine imperial head of state with political hack... giving the office a neat way to do a 3 card monte of moving the gaol (sic) posts when convenient... retreating into Executive Privilege when the cookery gets too hot! The recent Immunity Decision by the SCOTUS is the latest play of the cards which seeks to restore some dignity . The Brits have no monopoly on useful Constitutional ambiguity.
@accountnamewithheld
2 ай бұрын
It's not approachable any more. Thatcher barred off the street with wrought iron fencing at each end.
@maryloumawson6006
2 ай бұрын
@@accountnamewithheld Thanks, yes I've seen that. But just the fact that it didn't happen until Thatcher's administration is rather surprising. Our White House is behind bars as well now, even though it has the benefit of being on larger grounds.
@christinesuccop1812
3 ай бұрын
So interesting. Thanks for this outstanding bit of history and tour.
@HolmesLaneGuy
2 ай бұрын
Such a stellar episode. Thank you.
@anne-marieriamitchell1140
Ай бұрын
So well done thank you
@richardkirkisapsycho
Ай бұрын
Natasha and Debbie brought me here. Now subscribed. Keep up the great work.
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
Welcome Richard, and thanks for the subscription.
@chrishall62
2 ай бұрын
A video about Chequers, the PM's country house, would be interesting, The house is probablyy less well known than Number 10 but has an interesting history from what I've read
@stepps511
3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for this illustrative video, Allan. While I recall a mention of #10 in your video on Whitehall Palace, I am so grateful for this more intense look at the history. Your voluminous knowledge never ceases to astound me. Thank you, once again.
@chriscarr4984
3 ай бұрын
This wonderful building is surely Doctor Who's Tardis in real life. Bigger on the inside. As I type on July 4th 2024 we have one hour left to find out who the new Prime Minister will be. Hope they like Larry the Downing Street cat, chief mouser to the Prime Minister.
@RonGerstein
2 ай бұрын
Labour slaughtered the Conservatives
@PaulFellows3430
3 ай бұрын
Truly fascinating. Thank you Allan.
@Brend.0
2 ай бұрын
I could have watched another house of this. WELL DONE! You just quenched a curiosity I've had for years.
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@kenefdz
2 ай бұрын
Everything I know about the interior of Number 10 comes entirely from watching "Yes, Prime Minister."
@miketaylorID1
2 ай бұрын
Wonderful And informative video. Many thanks - For an inquisitive, yet sadly uniformed American, you’ve answered a great many questions of what lies behind that iconic but somewhat ordinary black door - questions embarrassingly never asked for fear of letting on just how narrow my world view is. Lol I am quite surprised at the size of the dwelling within. Expected a cramped row house (Always wondered why your PM resided in a cramped row house) come to find its as large and well-adorned as one would hope for a world leader. Well done! 🇬🇧
@marilynwoolford-chandler1161
2 ай бұрын
Very timely and most interesting
@melaniehylok5670
3 ай бұрын
Excellent! Such a rich and crazy history. I loved this extended video Allan! You were able to show us so much on the tour. Thank you for all the hard work!
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
My pleasure - it is a fascinating house in a fascinating corner of London.
@tburrrg2502
3 ай бұрын
This is my new favorite KZitem channel!
@a24-45
3 ай бұрын
Wow, I had no idea that the interior had been kept so close in spirit to the C18th. I'm glad that the sense of the past is so present, I think it's good for those in power to have a continual reminder of the national heritage, and hopefully to always be aware that it is in their hands. Generic global modernist decor is nice enough, but doesn't convey the same message. By the way, I was delighted to see that the Cabinet Room was not unfamiliar to me; I realised that I recognised it from watching the episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister". I don't imagine that the series was filmed inside #10 -- but the producers did a pretty good job of recreating the look. I also recall one episode where the PM's press secretary complains that her room isnt close enough to the PM's office and the Cabinet Room; the reasons she gives are hilarious. I will definitely have to look it up again to see if my new-found knowledge of the layout will shed additional light on her manoeuvrings!
@jimcook1747
3 ай бұрын
Within the first 1000 views! Thanks for this video Dr Barton!!
@MarkAJAgi
2 ай бұрын
Didn't realise how recent 10 Downing Street was rebuilt. In the late 70's or 80's I walked down Downing Street. Something you can't do today.
@chrishall62
2 ай бұрын
I can remember walking up Downing Street from Whitehall to Horse Guards Parade, before the security gates were installed at the end of the street in the 1980s
@PaulGeraghty-e2w
2 ай бұрын
That was a fascinating history and tour. Thank you for the work you put into it.
@jeffreydean463
3 ай бұрын
More excellent information presented beautifully, Sir. I always look forward to and appreciate the work you put into your videos!
@williamevans9426
3 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Many thanks for this extraordinary history and guided tour.
@Damian_Hunt
2 ай бұрын
Fascinating, I could have watched this all day.
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@ChavJag
3 ай бұрын
Beautiful building with so much history behind it. If walls could talk
@thomaslanders2073
2 ай бұрын
If you think it's a beautiful building you need to get out more and see more of the world because it is far from a beautiful building 🤔
@vorynrosethorn903
Ай бұрын
If the walls to talk they would be called witness in the great infamy of the residents.
@trevormegson7583
3 ай бұрын
Epically Epic. Ta very much. And that's a high compliment.
@JL-jr9gk
3 ай бұрын
Very interesting, Thank you.
@ChrisHunt4497
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for a great history lesson I like it when you pick something topical for us to enjoy. ❤❤❤❤
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it ☺️
@ТатьянаДубовцева-н4с
2 ай бұрын
I'm Russian. Are you surprised that you are being watched in Russia? I think you are. I'm impressed with the work you've done and your fascinating story about 10 Downing street. Thanks a lot and sorry for my English.
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Your English needs no apologies! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@ТатьянаДубовцева-н4с
2 ай бұрын
I'm delighted with your answer! Thank you very much.
@philiplettley
3 ай бұрын
The King and Queen were to visit Herm, Sark and Alderney on Wednesday 17th July as part of a 3 day tour of the channel islands. Sadly changed to a 2 day tour of Guernsey and Jersey on the Monday and Tuesday as the state opening of Parliament on the 17th. A good idea for a video that week or the future, would be the role of Charles as Duke of Normandy to the channel islands!
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
That would indeed be an interesting subject to cover; there is a coronation connection, too, as until George IV's coronation, two actors were employed to walk in the procession and play the roles of the dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine.
@philiplettley
3 ай бұрын
@allanbarton also a link to the spencers, as the first Earl Spencer married a de carteret from jersey, the 4 diamonds that used to appear at times on the Spencer coat of arms, are the de carteret coat of arms, also the early seigneurs of sark. Also as far as I know, the seigneurs of the island will pay homage and swear leige to the king during the visit, certainly the plan is for Christopher Beaumont seigneur of sark to swear leige to the king, like his father and great grandmother did to Queen Elizabeth II, when the Dame did it to the Queen, it was the only time a female has sworn leige to a Queen, I mean the same oath that William swore to Charles at the coronation. I'm surprised they had actors as one of the monarch's Little used titles is the Duke of Normandy, only used now as his official title in the channel islands. He's the islands landlord, but the channel islands is personal property like Balmoral and Sandringham, because the association ownership dates back to 9th century, where as the Isle of man was gifted to the UK government who then gifted it to the monarch in the 18th century I think. Charles only receives a grand total of £1.79 a year from the crown dependencies, and that's the rent from sark, a 20th of a knight's fee, it's paid to the lieutenant governor of Guernsey every Michaelmass in specially minted coins
@heatherjones6647
3 ай бұрын
Ikea catalogue sums it up well!
@kennstransky
3 ай бұрын
Great historical tour Thanks
@AmynAL
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! This was a very interesting and informative video. We went to see 10 Downing Street 20 years ago. I wish we had had this info when we saw it. I didn’t know it was part of Whitehall Palace. You have filled in many of my blanks. 😊
@petelosuaniu
2 ай бұрын
Very timely. Thank you
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
@davidandrews8963
2 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable and informative thank you I'm now going to look at some more of your work from David in Cromer Norfolk 🙏🌈♥️🌊
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you liked this, hope you enjoy some of my other content!
@stephanieking4444
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the mentions of what the place was in the 16th century. I wasn't aware that the current number 10 was then a lease off the crown 's Whitehall palace.✨️
@ludovica8221
3 ай бұрын
Like something from an IKEA catalogue! LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Tacky is as gammon does
@l.a.glover9172
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@mercedesdownie7543
Ай бұрын
By the way, I recently visited the Churchill War Rooms and was surprised to come across the "original" black door from 10 Downing Street. The current door is a reinforced security door made of steel or something. But the original is on display in the museum space down in the War Rooms. You can stand very close to it.
@theCaravanMartins
2 ай бұрын
The irony that the cheapskate, bodge it builder Mr Downing ends up being honoured for all time because the street is named after him and nobody realises how greedy he was. Also, if I was PM, I’d sneak in a portrait of Elizabethan Blackadder and see how many people notice.
@leahnichol6665
2 ай бұрын
This is lovely! ❤ Thank you.
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
@brendonmcmorrow3886
3 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable. Have you thought about covering the history of the various royal residences at Greenwich? It would naturally fit with your recent work on Whitehall. Just a thought.
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
It is on my list, after Nonsuch and Richmond!
@brendonmcmorrow3886
3 ай бұрын
@@allanbarton Good stuff. Your work is top draw so I will definitely look forward to these episodes. I grew up close to Greenwich and have often visited what’s left of the Tudor palace at Richmond.
@NathanDudani
3 ай бұрын
@@brendonmcmorrow3886 *top drawer
@AndreasAndersson-ve4jx
2 ай бұрын
A house built on a drained marsh, with rotted timber & rubble foundations, requiring rebuilding the walls... That sounds like Gothenburg, a walled fortress town built on a drained clay march, in the Dutch manner... The foundations, wooden pales topped by a layer of fir twigs, actually holds up pretty well as long as icompletely submerged... But if it dries out it rots & there can be countless other issues... During the 60:s & 70:s, lots & lots of those foundations were decayed and you could see lots of fancy houses, leaning, wavy, cracked, levels going up & down... 80% of the old Gothenburg were tore down, remaining houses requiring work similar to 10 Downing street, very expensive, huge loans were required... From my visits to London, i the old houses appeared straight and like having solid foundations? The video mentioned brick foundations? So you normally don't have those issues with older London houses?
@jonatmelbourne7239
2 ай бұрын
Thank you - impeccably researched
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Thank you, glad you appreciated it!
@bessofhardwick9311
2 ай бұрын
Another fascinating video. Thanks for making it. I think I met Quinlan Terry at a garden party in Cambridge when I was an ignorant 19-year-old almost 40 years ago. I had no clue who he was at the time, but I remember him as a nice chap. He told me he had just designed "some things in Richmond".
@albertsmyth9616
3 ай бұрын
Most informative, thank you. I’ve often wondered about the layout in No 10 and now I’m much better informed, thanks to you.
@GlasshouseandGarden
2 ай бұрын
I love how you time your videos to link with current events: deaths, funerals, coronations, elections. You contextualise our current life with its place in history and explain REALLY well why we do the things we do and why things are the way they are. I’m all for modernisation and efficiency but I love the thread of our history that runs back hundreds or thousands of years and it would be a shame to lose these connections with the past. Would it be cheaper to build a new PMs house, Parliament building, Monarch’s residence rather than restore? Probably. But how dull and soulless would that be!
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your eloquent appreciation here. I believe that shared culture(s) binds us together in a unique and necessary way, but that an understanding (and education) of how it develops through history is imperative for that culture to preserve its meaning and integrity through to the present and beyond.
@kidmohair8151
3 ай бұрын
the staircase rogues' gallery, indeed.
@9er..
3 ай бұрын
I do wonder how modern security systems and methods become incorporated into such beautiful and historic architecture.
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
With immense difficulty I imagine.
@stephenpotts832
3 ай бұрын
Great video Alan, thank you
@bobstay1
2 ай бұрын
As i know one of his daughters, i was hoping that you would namecheck the architect involved in the 1960s works, Raymond Erith.
@IrishEye
3 ай бұрын
Great video and tale. Would be nice to see some similar explorations of other Grace and Favour buildings used by the lesser Ministers of the crown.
@samuelgarrod8327
2 ай бұрын
Great stuff, thank you. I'm very glad to have found your channel and am slowly getting through your archive. I might ask her-who-must-be-obeyed if I'm allowed a subscription to your magazine for my birthday, I'll have to be careful with my timing though. 😆
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, indeed; I am glad you are enjoying the channel. I can't help you with the timing of that - best of luck. Readers do seem to like the magazine.
@sueamos3860
Ай бұрын
This is so interesting, i really enjoyed this thank you
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
My pleasure, glad it was interesting!
@MartinusBoekhorst
2 ай бұрын
You left out the most important 'Larry the Cat' 🐈
@rondo122
2 ай бұрын
Very good video, thank you!
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@jjprulz
2 ай бұрын
I've always liked how the PM's residence in the UK is just a townhouse. It doesn't even look all that interesting from the outside. Locate it anywhere else in London and you would walk by it without a second glance. This is opposite of the White House and other residences of heads of state around the world.
@pedanticradiator1491
2 ай бұрын
The PM is head of government not head of state that's maybe why it's not as grand. In Britain and most other European and many Commonwealth countries the 2 positions are seperated
@crazyrobots6565
2 ай бұрын
I find it pretty interesting that most offical residences of heads if government used to be private homes and have, over the years, had their living spaces whittled away in favour of more work space. Seems very inefficent, but much better than the PM working and living in some kind of office building somewhere.
@__sirena__
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your very interesting video. It is professionally narrated and well researched. Sending you hugs and rainbows from New Zealand 💕^^
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
@rozhunter7645
Ай бұрын
Found you through Natasha and Debbie, really enjoyed your video so now subscribed
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
Thank you very much and welcome to the channel.
@Celtic2Realms
2 ай бұрын
Very nice and interesting thanks
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
@shaunburke
2 ай бұрын
Great video
@doug3117
3 ай бұрын
Loved this educational video. Thanks.
@jamieknight326
2 ай бұрын
This is such a great and well timed video. It’s lovely to learn about such a historical place with a modern context. I think it’s says something positive about the UK that the prime minister lives in a London townhouse. Historical due to its usage rather than some grand stately home or historical landmark. I strongly disagree with David Cameron’s politics, but it’s very humanising to see him sitting at a table with an IKEA high chair for his young children etc. Thanks again for such a fascinating insight into the building and how it’s used.
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you appreciated this, thanks for watching!
@monicacall7532
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating! I’ve always wondered what was behind the black facade. Now I know. Thank you!
@76mayst
3 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this intriguing look at Number 10. I appreciate your scholarship and storytelling. Thank you!
@EdMcF1
3 ай бұрын
'....after he (Henry VIII) acquired it...' I think you probably meant 'stole'. 🙂
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
Subtle understatement. I do give that matter a fuller treatment in my video on Whitehall - changing the name to Whitehall was a whitewash.
@francesconicoletti2547
3 ай бұрын
Well as a monarch you don’t steal things, you acquire them by right. Stealing is for the lower orders.
@uytteb
2 ай бұрын
It surprises me how 10 Downing Street is at the same time cramped because of the expanded staff and also filled with countless drawing rooms, ante rooms and corridors that can’t possibly get much use.
@educanassa100
3 ай бұрын
Amazing video
@helgaborek3290
2 ай бұрын
I was waiting for this video! Thank you so much, it was very interesting and educating.
@naa7523
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this lovely, informative n video. I noticed you mentioned, David Cameron's Choice of Decoration, BUT NOT, The EXPLOSIVE PRICES, Of ONLY The Wallpaper, Of The Choices Of Boris And His Girlfriend. WHAT WERE The Actual Costs Of THOSE Re-decorations?
@marileebigelow6517
2 ай бұрын
The cat is the most important part!
@mariellegrass-singing4718
3 ай бұрын
I have a novel on the life of Beau Brummel. In his youth, he lived in the house.
@smontone
3 ай бұрын
Very informative, thank you!
@TheMightyKinkle
Ай бұрын
So weird how Google censored that painting at 18:51
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
Deeply odd - what do they have against Pitt the Elder?
@Aengus42
2 ай бұрын
Now I know who Captain Benbow is from the Men at Work lyric in "Down by the Sea" where he sings "Saluting Captain Benbow". It's a song about Portsmouth & I believe John Benbow's figurehead is there...
@jackcameback
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant - amazing detail - really enjoyed this, watched it all the way through
@allanbarton
2 ай бұрын
Glad you appreciated it!
@Froghole-gw6xq
2 ай бұрын
Many thanks for this (and all your broadcasts)! Am struck by the contrast between the tacky decor and cheap furniture, with the fine mouldings and decent portraits. It would also be useful to have programmes on the development of the old Treasury building, the Privy Council Office, Dover House, Horse Guards, the old Admiralty and the two blocks of government buildings to the south of Downing Street, which also have quite complex building histories. Also on the fate of the Downing family: the fortune was largely dissipated on litigation after the death of the third baronet of Gamlingay, Cambs, so that the foundation and endowment of Downing College was markedly less impressive than might have otherwise been the case: it was probably the most notorious loss of money to generations of chancery lawyers prior to the Thelluson will trust case, and it may have been part of the inspiration for Jarndyce v. Jarndyce.
@djhibberd9964
19 күн бұрын
My mother's side can trace lineage back through the Walpoles. Small bits of info suggest back to Sir Reginald De Walpole.
@stevenweasel2678
Ай бұрын
Boris ` Lard Tub ` Johnson would have fitted in so well to the timeline of the Hanoverian aristocracy . P.S of much greater importance than the politicians , wheres Larry the Cat ?
@MrJimheeren
2 ай бұрын
There is something satisfying about the fact that even the house of the PM of Great Britain is. Shitty build, dark, damp house. Just like England today
@johnorchard4
Ай бұрын
Then there's the question about how some of the early developments were funded by government. When I researched the deep history of the home village of Michael Parkinson near Barnsley, which happened to be my own home at the time, I discovered that in the sixteenth century Mary I had tried to re-establish at least one religious house following the dissolution of the monasteries in her father's reign. She found that the grounds and remaining buildings of the Savoy Palace built for and by John of Gaunt had passed to the crown and it was on this site that she established a hospital - supoosedly to be run on the same basis as a monastery. She granted crown lands to the hospital to provide an income, including the lands adjacent to the common in Cudworth near Barnsley. Unfortunately, it did not last long, because 1) Mary died, and 2) the hospital was found to be managed in a corrupt manner and was itself abolished. This important piece of real estate, however, was a significant asset for the crown, and this was enhanced by the land holdings of the hospital linked to the Savoy estate even after the hospital was closed. The piece of land in Cudworth, along with other Savoy lands, were sold to generate cash for the improvements at Downing Street.
@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo
3 ай бұрын
Zank you, zat vas wery interesting. I was olways fascinated by zat beautiful black polished front door. ..... I must have one installed in my wery wery secret, completely soundproof gestapo bunker.
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
Did you spot the painting of the Fallen Madonna by Van Klomp? Boris Johnson had it installed in his office.
@KateVeeoh
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for going down the research rabbit hole 😄
@PopeLando
2 ай бұрын
26:10 Mark, Margaret and Carol Thatcher, and presumably Denis standing.
@bobmarshall3700
2 ай бұрын
Seems they couldn't find a competent surveyor in the old days. All the buildings are built out of alignment and all over the place, clearly making building more difficult for the architects and builders.
@briancisco1176
3 ай бұрын
I may have missed it, but is #12 also part of the complex?
@allanbarton
3 ай бұрын
In theory, yes, but it is an entirely new structure constructed as offices in the 1960s that replaced what was left of one of Downing's Houses. I could have made this an hour-long video!
@HeWhoShams
2 ай бұрын
My... lord.. This thing is a Frankenstein's monster of a building
@rogerwitte
Ай бұрын
Subscribed - Natasha and Debbie sent me
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
Hello Roger - welcome to the channel!
@MaryGraceHutchinson
2 ай бұрын
Very interesting, informative and educational. Question does the crow estates still own the land on which Downing street is built?
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