London's brutalist Southbank Centre becomes Grade II-listed

The Southbank Centre in London, which includes the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Undercroft skatepark and was once voted "Britain's ugliest building", has been heritage listed.

Completed along the River Thames in the 1960s, the post-war landmark has now been Grade II-listed by the Department for Culture Media and Sport.

The listing follows a 35-year-long battle by conservation group Twentieth Century Society, with its recommendations being rejected on six...