St Paul’s Cathedral has been voted Britain’s favourite building, with London landmarks dominating the top 20 most popular.
The Sir Christopher Wren-designed cathedral, which survived the London Blitz unscathed, came out on top in a UKTV-commissioned OnePoll nationwide survey above Stonehenge.
Six other London buildings were in the top 20: The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, The Shard, Westminster Abbey, The Gherkin and Battersea Power Station.
Built between 1675 and 1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, St Paul’s was also picked by people polled as the nation's greatest feat of architecture.
The survey also revealed Britain's favourite structures, with Stonehenge voted top.
London landmarks featured heavily in this category too, with Tower Bridge, Big Ben and the London Eye all in the top five.
The survey was carried out to mark the launch of new TV series Impossible Engineering airing on TV channel Yesterday on Tuesdays at 9pm from May 26.
Adrian Wills, general manager of Yesterday, said: “Britain is so rich with great architecture and design, so we wanted to celebrate this by finding out our nation's favourite.
“Impossible Engineering looks back at the social, political and technological elements that came together so the greatest inventions of our time could be realised. The fact that so many of these historical structures broke the architectural mould when they were built shows that really great, innovative design can span generations."
Top 20 favourite British buildings:
- St Paul's Cathedral, London
- Stonehenge, Wiltshire
- The Houses of Parliament, London
- Edinburgh Castle
- Buckingham Palace, London
- Windsor Castle
- The Shard, London
- Westminster Abbey, London
- The Eden Project, Cornwall
- Blackpool Tower
- Durham Cathedral
- Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
- The Gherkin, London
- Kings College Chapel, Cambridge
- Battersea Power Station, London
- The Royal Pavilion, Brighton
- Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
- The Royal Liver Building, Liverpool
- The Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art
- Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
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