“GIVE me a sledgehammer and I’ll knock the place down myself,” says an elderly woman whose garden is overlooked by the most controversial building in Britain.
Made of unsightly grey blocks, the C-shaped “eyesore” outhouse threatens to tarnish the reputation of brave Covid hero Captain Sir Tom Moore.
What was meant to be a small charity office for the Captain Tom Foundation has morphed into a spa pool with changing rooms, toilets and showers.
And it has become a focal point for fury aimed at the late war veteran’s daughter and self-styled “leading businesswoman” Hannah Ingram-Moore, 52, who faces extraordinary allegations of exploiting her father’s name and was this week ordered by planners to demolish the luxury complex.
Another neighbour – whose beautifully-manicured garden once looked on to trees and a church but is now dominated by a 15ft windowless wall – told The Sun: “We all fell for the Captain Tom hype when the building was first suggested.