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Jimmy Savile's Glen Coe property damaged by fire

NorthPix Exterior of an outbuilding at the former Savile property at Allt Na Reigh - a white stone building with black tin roof, heavily covered in graffiti with fire damage on the exterior and slightly visible on the interior. There are fire damaged pieces of wood - possibly window frames - leaning against the wall with debris on the groundNorthPix
An outbuilding on the property was heavily damaged by the fire

The Glen Coe property formerly owned by Jimmy Savile has been damaged by a fire.

Emergency services were alerted to a blaze in an outbuilding next to the main cottage on the site on Saturday evening.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) were called out at about 17:40, and three appliances attended.

The A82 between Tyndrum and Ballachulish Bridge was closed overnight, but has now reopened.

Emergency service response vehicles parked roadside with a graffitied building in the distance and smoke coming from it
The A82 between Tyndrum and Ballachulish Bridge was closed overnight as crews extinguished the fire

Police Scotland said: "Emergency services attended and the fire was extinguished by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances."

Savile owned the cottage at Allt Na Reigh in the Ben Nevis and Glen Coe national scenic area for about 13 years.

It has been repeatedly vandalised since Savile's crimes were exposed following his death in 2011.

The TV presenter was one of the most notorious paedophiles and sex offenders in UK criminal history.

Getty Images Exterior of the main cottage at Allt Na Reigh taken in 2012 - a white single story building with a black roof with spray painted graffiti on the walls. A police vehicle and officer stands outside. Getty Images
The property at Allt Na Reigh has been subject to vandalism over the years due to its links with Savile

The site's new owner has been granted planning permission to demolish the existing single-storey house and replace it with a new four-bedroom, one-and-a-half storey house.

The proposed redevelopment includes honouring another of the cottage's former owners - the celebrated Scottish climber and inventor Dr Hamish MacInnes.

Dr MacInnes, who died in 2020, invented ice axes and also a stretcher that is used by mountain rescue teams all over the world.

The outbuildings where the climber worked on his creations are to be redeveloped as an ancillary dwelling and named Hamish House.

The property has a long history and over the years it served as a house on a croft and as a road workers' cottage.

It is one of only six houses along a 10-mile stretch of the A82 through Glen Coe.