A building in Lancashire has been named as one of the ugliest in the world, according to data from a building materials store.
Preston Train Station made the list with 20.24 per cent of Twitter users labelling the building as ugly.
According to Buildworld’s survey, it is the third ugliest building in the UK beaten only by Newport Station and The Scottish Parliament Building, which was deemed the country's ugliest creation.
It is also the fifth ugliest in the world, beaten by the two UK structures and also the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington D.C and Boston City Hall in Boston, USA.
It is the only Lancashire building to have made the top 10 list.
Preston got its ticket for an entrance redesign deemed “out of character” compared to its Victorian setting.
Buildworld curated a long list of buildings from around the world, the UK and the US that are often said to be ugly.
It identified all the design-themed tweets about these buildings on Twitter.
The team used a sentiment analysis tool called HuggingFace to analyse the percentage of tweets that were negative about each building’s design.
A spokesperson for Buildworld said: “The architects behind the world’s biggest and boldest buildings usually have a point to make.
“It might be a point about aesthetics, engineering or money. It might be about the architect’s religious devotion or their own genius.
"Whatever the point, the worst thing that can happen is to be ignored. For many architects and developers, to be boring is a greater sin than to be ugly.
“But when a building turns out ugly, it’s the passers-by who pay the price — locals and tourists alike.
“You can’t hide an ugly building. Instead, divisive architecture calls attention to itself daily, fuelling debate, mocking its critics with its immovability.
“After all, a building isn’t just about the statement but about the passion behind it and the details of the work.”
Preston stationw as ranked the fifth ugliest building in the world; also incldued in the top 10 were the Verizon Building in New York, Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea, and Trump Tower in Las Vegas.
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