Pronounced "Kor" Abbey, this 20th Century monastery & church was once described as one of "the most daring and successful church buildings of the early 20th century in England".
Also known as the "inside-out building", this Grade I listed building, completed in 1986, is considered to be one of the most radical examples of an architectural movement known as Bowellism.
This imperious late Elizabethan country house straddles the Gothic and the Renaissance Classical style and was built for Sir Edward Phelps, the prosecutor on Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Trial.
Founded in 1263 by John I de Balliol, the oldest surviving part of this Grade I listed college is the front quadrangle which dates back to 1431. The striped chapel pictured was built by William Butterfield in 1857.
Now sold to a Malaysian developer and scheduled to be turned into residential apartments, this iconic South West London landmark and decommissioned coal-fired power station is an evocative Grade II listed beauty.
Built in 1553 but with a history dating back to the 11th Century, Chatsworth is regularly voted as the UK's favourite country house.
London's elegant Senate House was the city's second ever skyscraper, with construction beginning on its 19 floors in 1932. Back in the day, this was the second tallest building in London, reaching 210 ft and dwarfed only by St Paul's Cathedral.
The flamboyant George IV started construction on this decadent, Indo-Saracenic style “seaside retreat” in 1787 before he came to the throne.
This Egyptian-esque building may be an acquired taste, but it's a fantastic example of art deco architecture in England's capital.
This is the oldest iron framed building in the entire world. Built in 1796, the mill is thought by many to be the grandfather of the modern day skyscraper.
This Grade I 1620s manor house is an exquisite historic building with a rich history, exemplified by its 18th Century façade.
Built in the first half of the 19th Century, this grand construction was the Royal Navy's most important victualling depot, where the King's fleet was stocked and supplied.
Built by Decimus Burton in the 1840s, Kew Gardens' marvellous Palm House is believed by many to be "the world's most important surviving Victorian glass and iron structure".
You don't have to look far at Kew Gardens to find astonishing Grade I listed buildings. The vast Temperate House is the largest surviving Victorian glasshouse in the world.
Built by Bass Breweries in the early 1900s, the Bass Maltings were the largest in the UK. Today, many of the buildings still contain historic brewing equipment.
Built with the help of Robert Stevenson in the late 1840s, this magnificent station features a superb neoclassical frontage and an elegant, triple-arched trainshed – the first of its kind in the UK.
This cathedral-like agricultural structure is the oldest standing timber-framed building in the world, built all the way back in 1220AD.
A monument to Britain's Industrial Revolution, the Mills of Ancoats drove the largest industry the word had ever seen in the early 1800s.
A slightly controversial addition to our list, the 31 story Trellick Tower is a well-loved Brutalist London landmark, designed by architect Erno Goldfinger in the late 60s and early 70s.
Originally the offices of the Glasgow Herald, the Lighthouse was built in 1895 and today houses the Glasgow Centre for Design & Architecture. How appropriate for a Grade A listed building?
Topped by a camera obscura, this Gothic house dating back to 1776 was built to house scientific equipment maker Thomas Shorts' collection of instruments and telescopes.
This French-Gothic Renaissance style building was constructed in 1897 to replace the headquarters of the historically significant Bute Dock Company which burnt down in 1892.
With its oldest features dating back to the 14th Century, the Marquess of Angelsey's country seat is a stunning site set on the mystical Menai Strait.
The oldest theatre in Belfast was opened in 1895 and renamed “the Palace of Varieties” in 1905 before returning to it's original and much deserved title in 1909: The Grand Opera House.
The Shard may be too new to be listed, but it felt wrong to compile a list of amazing UK architecture without it. So, will the Shard be listed in 30 years' time? here's what the experts think...do you agree?
