THE home of PoW campaigner Arthur Titherington has gone on sale in Witney, prompting calls for him to be recognised with a plaque.

The former mayor of Witney, who died in September 2010 at the age of 88, became famous for his battle with the Japanese government over the country’s treatment of prisoners of war during the Second World War.

Grade II-listed Oriel House in Church Green, which is named after its distinctive window above the door, is on the market for about £600,000.

Town councillor Brenda Churchill served with Mr Titherington on West Oxfordshire District Council.

She said: “There should be a plaque on the house to recognise that Arthur lived there.

“He did a lot for this town and there is a lot of affection for him here.”

In December plans were put forward to name a street in Witney after Mr Titherington.

Mr Titherington, who campaigned for an apology from the Japanese government, rented the house for nearly 50 years, living there with his wife Iris who moved out last year.

The house, which has been owned by the Stonebridge family since the 1930s, has four bedrooms, a reception hall, cloakroom, drawing room, sitting room, and a breakfast room.

It has grounds of more than half an acre but is described by estate agents Marytn R Cox as being “in need of extensive refurbishment”.

Assistant manager Andy Wright said: “Without a doubt it is a very good opportunity and I imagine it will go quickly.

“It has a lot of history attached to it but that hasn’t got anything to do with the price.”

Mr Titherington spent more than three years working in the copper mines in what is now Taiwan after being captured during the fall of Singapore in 1942.

He was one of only 90 prisoners of war out of 522 in the camp to survive.

Despite his campaign he died without receiving the apology from the Japanese government he sought.