sAVILWE HOUSE ON FIRE

immy Savile’s Highlands house of horrors on fire

The infamous lair in Glencoe is on fire.

The abandoned house in Glencoe once owned by Jimmy Saville
The abandoned house in Glencoe once owned by Jimmy Saville (Image: Katielee Arrowsmith / SWNS)
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Jimmy Savile‘s former Highlands lair has gone on fire.

Emergency services were called to Allt-na-Reigh cottage, in Glencoe, just after 5.30pm on Saturday.

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It is not thought anyone has been injured.

The A82 is closed in both directions as emergency services continue to deal with the flames.

Police have asked drivers to avoid the area.

FILE - OCTOBER 01, 2012: ITV is scheduled to broadcast a documentary this Wednesday, "Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile", in which allegations are presented that the former television presenter and disc-jockey sexually abused teenage girls. NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 1: Sir Jimmy Savile prepares for The Bupa Great North Run on October 1, 2006 in Newcastle, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
Jimmy Savile died in 2011 (Image: Getty Images)

A Scottish Fire and Rescue spokesperson said: “We were called at 17:36 and have three pumps in attendance.”

Police Scotland spokesperson said: “The A82 is closed in both directions between Tyndrum and Ballachulish Bridge following a report of a fire at a property around 5.40pm on Saturday, 8 February, 2025.”

“Emergency services are in attendance and drivers are asked to avoid the area.”

Jim’ll Fix It presenter Savile was exposed as one of Britain’s most prolific and high-profile sex offenders after his death in 2011.

From 1998 until the day he died, he lived in the bungalow which was built at a beauty spot opposite the Three Sisters of Glencoe.

The building fell into a state of decay following the paedophile’s 2011 death.

Councillors voted to demolish the home of the paedophile celebrity
Councillors voted to demolish the home of the paedophile celebrity (Image: Katielee Arrowsmith / SWNS)

Images from inside the lair, where Savile is believed to have abused 20 victims, show collapsed ceilings, smashed walls and piles of debris. At one point, the property was whitewashed in a bid to deter vandals, however, words such as ‘beast’ and ‘paedo’ remain scrawled onto the exterior walls.

Following Savile’s death, the two-bed bungalow was put up for auction and was purchased for £212,000, with the buyer intending to live there. However, it was bought over for a reported £335,000 by the family of Harris Aslam, boss of Kirkcaldy-based convenience stores business Eros Retail.

Extensive damage was caused to the Glencoe property
Extensive damage was caused to the Glencoe property (Image: Daily Record)

His plans were initially hit with a flood of objections, including from Heritage Scotland, who said they did not fit the scenic landscape.

The property was then given the green light to be bulldozed last year, to make way for a four-bed home.

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Architects said Allt-na-Reigh’s redevelopment will be in honour of another former owner of the cottage – Dr Hamish MacInnes, who died in 2020.

Dr MacInnes was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer described as the “father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland”.

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