Sir Terry Wogan’s son Mark has shared his frustration over being unable to sell the star’s £3.75 million mansion.
The radio broadcasting legend and his wife, Lady Helen, bought the seven-bedroom Buckinghamshire property in 1975 and raised their three children, Alan, Katherine and Mark, there.
The Children In Need host died aged 77 of cancer in 2016 and Lady Helen died last year, leaving the estate - named Hitcham Close - to their children and grandchildren.
Mark, 51, put the sprawling 6,500 square foot home on the market with the expectation that he and his siblings would inherit more than £1 million each from the sale.
However, he fumed that “not one single person” has been to view the house or make an offer and blamed Chancellor Rachel Reeves for “killing off the housing market”.
“It's interesting how you say Rachel Reeves is killing off the housing market. She's killed it already,” he said on TalkTV.
He added: “You'd think someone would come round, even just out of interest, thinking, 'Oh, I'd quite like to go round and see Terry Wogan's house.
“But no one's come to see it. No one, not one single person. That's how dead the economy is.”
The home has five reception rooms, a utility room, a pantry and ensuite bedrooms, and is 30 minutes from Paddington station.
Discussing growing up in the stunning home, Mark said: “We're a close family, so the kitchen was central to everything.
“Mum was a fantastic cook. Eating and talking around a table was a big part of growing up in the house.”
He continued: “We'd also have some lovely long lunches on the terrace in the summer overlooking mum's beloved garden.
“It's a thing of beauty. We'll miss the house very much. But it'll [give] someone a great place to raise a family.”
Sir Terry and his wife moved to Hitcham Close, in the village of Taplow near Maidenhead, after coming to the UK from Ireland to advance the presenter’s career.
He was a stalwart member of the community, acting as vice president of the local cricket club, attending Christmas carols on the green and becoming patron of a local charity.
He also wrote the foreword to a local history book, the proceeds of which were donated to repairing the roof of the village church, while Lady Helen served on the village committee for a decade and attended the nearby Catholic church.
Originally from Limerick in Ireland, the broadcaster came to regard the village as a sanctuary where he lived for more than 40 years in relative privacy despite his national treasure status.
