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Row erupts after new owner of comedy legend’s historic home paints it fuchsia and neighbour slams an ‘eyesore’
New owner Dave Hipkins claims 'in a couple of years it will fade slightly'
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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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.”
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“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?
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"It is something a bit different but I have had some good comments too.”
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