Spike Milligan: Goon but not forgotten - Rye residents remember comic’s antics 20 years after his death

Milligan - who is still considered the godfather of British comedy, and was best known for his work on the radio show The Goons in the 1950s - died aged 83 at his home near Rye on February 27 2002.

He lived at Dumb Woman’s Lane, Udimore, in a house called Carpenters Meadow which was designed by an architect in the 1960s. He described his home as “the ugliest house in the world” and put up an alternative house name - The Blind Architect.