Eyesore

This former hotel in the centre of Carlisle has been in this condition for 10 years. The local paper explains -
"Hopes that the eyesore could be sold were boosted last year after its most recent owner ceased trading and the 84 bedroom hotel was transferred to The Duchy of Lancaster, the organisation managing property for the Queen.
But under an ancient English property law the building has now been declared ownerless. The Queen’s Crown Estate solicitors will neither manage nor market it – but they will sell it if a potential buyer independently makes an offer."

It wouldn't happen in London.