I've had a look on street view. Because she has tall trees and shrubs on both sides of the garden to make it more private/enclosed than all the other properties on the estate, the view from her front door must be quite narrow, and will literally be spliced by a lamppost. I think that the picture in the paper was taken with a wide-angle lens. However it is their choice to narrow their view with trees anyway.
They are clearly very garden-proud and it is well kept, so they are likely to be more concerned about their outlook than the average person.
Linda, if you are reading, it really won't impact a potential purchaser as much as it does you, so don't worry about your house value. To the rest of us it is just a pole. Lovely shrubbery, by the way!