Row erupts after new owner of comedy legend’s historic home paints it fuchsia and neighbour slams an ‘eyesore’

A ROW has broken out after the new owner of comedy legend Frankie Howerd’s historic blue-plaque home painted it bright fuchsia.

The Up Pompeii star famed for catchphrase “Nay, nay and thrice nay!”, had it a tasteful pale pink before he died in 1992.

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The new owner of comedy legend Frankie Howerd’s historic blue-plaque home has painted it bright fuchsia[/caption]

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The original colour was ‘a very light pink that looked white when the sun was on it’[/caption]

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Neighbour Gillian Gravell said ‘I cannot think what possessed him to paint it that colour’[/caption]

But neighbour Gillian ­Gravell said the £450,000 property in Cross, Somerset, is now an “eyesore”.

She said: “I cannot think what possessed him to paint it that colour.

“I’m the only one here who sees it everyday and I don’t like it at all.”

New owner Dave Hipkins hit back: “Frankie liked pink and I’m keeping that vibe.”

“I know it is quite vivid now but the pink that was done before… when the sun was on it… it looked white. It was a very light pink before.

“I am trying to get the house back similar to how it was when Frankie was here and so I had that colour mixed.

“It stands out now. In a couple of years it will fade slightly.

“So some people don’t like it? They wouldn’t, would they?

“It is something a bit different but I have had some good comments too.”