What colour is the door of 10 Downing Street?

10 Downing Street A view of the door to number 10 Downing Street. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The black exterior of 10 Downing Street, where the British prime minister lives and works, is famous worldwide. But the iconic black facade was not always this colour. read more

The black exterior of 10 Downing Street, where the British prime minister lives and works, is famous worldwide. But the iconic black facade was not always this colour. During extensive renovations to Number 10 in the 1960s, workers discovered that the bricks were actually yellow. read more

10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10, is the headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, a post which, for much of the 18th and 19th centuries and invariably since 1905, has been held by the Prime Minister. read more