A peacock has become an unlikely addition to an estate agent's portfolio, with a price tag of £1 million.

Buyers who think that is a ludicrous figure for the bird may be interested to learn he comes complete with his own seven-bedroom house.

The six-year-old bird, once owned by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, is in immaculate condition, requires very little maintenance. And he drops his entire fan of tail feathers once a year, creating beautiful gifts for visitors.

Becks, as he is known, happily roams around the property's 2.4 acres near Haywards Heath, teases his current owners' dogs by standing on the conservatory roof and can be bribed into making public appearances with biscuits.

James Tillard, from estate agent Humberts in Lewes said: "The peacock is a great character and adds something different to the property.

"Selling the bird with the property attached rather than the other way round seemed a novel way to present the house."

Whoever buys the bird will be responsible for its upkeep and that of the accompanying property, Quarry Lodge, in Scaynes Hill.

Shirley and Tim Graham, who live in the house with their two children, Alex, 15, and Aimee, 12, are moving to Spain in August and they have high hopes for Becks' future.

Mrs Graham, 41, said: "We'd love to take him with us but it's too difficult with moving abroad.

"We think a fox got Becks's girlfriend Posh a few years ago. He seems quite happy on his own but it would be nice for him to have a girlfriend again.

"At the moment he will get his tail feathers out for the ducks or a passing pheasant."

The house was built abutting the edge of an old sandstone quarry in 1903 and you can still make out the outline of the quarryman's hut and fireplace in the rock face behind the house.

The house includes a large drawing room and conservatory, three reception rooms, offices and a double garage. The grounds include rocky outcrops, a pond, a machinery shed and the Wendy house where Posh and Becks spent their first six weeks with the Grahams adjusting to their new home.

Becks can be rather noisy and Mr Tillard warned potential buyers to take that into account.

He said: "I don't think they are as loud as guinea fowl, which are horrendous. Though in the mating season, if it's feeling a little lonesome, it might make a bit of a racket."

For more information, visit www.humberts.co.uk or call 01273 478828.