The warehouse-like buildings of Redrock Stockport beat five other shortlisted candidates to win the Carbuncle Cup, awarded by Building Design to what its readers deem to be the biggest architectural eyesore of the past year.

The £45 million development, located beside the M60 motorway to the south of Manchester, was described by judges as a “missed opportunity”.

“You feel sorry for the people of Stockport,” commented one judge anonymously.

Clad in grey, blue and red patchwork panels, the building contains a multi-screen cinema, shops, restaurants, a gym and a multi-storey car park. A 3D tour of the cinema is available on its website.

Other buildings that made the shortlist included an extension of the Shankly hotel in Liverpool, which was judged to be “out of keeping” with the original historic building, and London’s “bland” and “boxy” Lewisham Gateway.