Liverpool Lime Street development wins Carbuncle Cup for ‘ugliest building’

The buildings were nominated by the public and then judged by a panel of experts.

But those local to Liverpool, and some tourists disagreed with the award.

One local told the BBC: “The old buildings were far too gone.

“I think it’s really nice, it’s artistic, the pictures, the way it’s laid out, the shapes they’ve done it in.

“I like the colours as well.”

One woman who was visiting from Edinburgh said: “At first by the looks of it, it just looks unreal from the outside, I’m hoping the inside is going to be the exact same.

“I do like it.”

A student from France said: “I think it’s a modern generic building, not specifically beautiful but I’ve seen worse.”

W Hotel in Edinburgh, Virgin Hotel in Glasgow, Mast Quay II in London and Ilona Rose House in London were also among the shortlist.