One Westminster Bridge: Britain’s 11th ugliest building

County Hall Annexe
2005: The derelict County Hall annexe

Westminster Bridge Park Plaza
2010: Westminster Bridge Park Plaza

One Westminster Bridge – the former GLC County Hall annexe due to be replaced by a Park Plaza hotel – is Britain’s 11th ugliest building, according to a poll for Channel 4’s new Demolition programme.

Asked earlier this year which building she would demolish if she ruled the world, Ann Widdecombe replied: “That ghastly, awful, beastly thing that sits by County Hall at the end of Westminster Bridge. I have no idea what it’s called but it’s a hideous monstrosity.”

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