I LOVE it that Sir Rod Stewart and his wife Penny are finding few takers for the £7 million Essex mansion Wood House they’e trying to sell.

Strangely, it seems that not everyone is quite as taken up with the chintzy upholstery, ceiling murals and dated wallpaper as they are. Mind you, the grounds do have a full-sized football pitch, tennis court and Summer house.

It just goes to show that, while individual tastes differ, money can’t automatically buy the kind of class to which people aspire.

Perhaps those leopard-skin trousers beloved of Rod echoed his true taste after all.