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New pictures of ‘Jimmy Savile’ house in Glencoe prompt fresh calls for action

Pictures shared online show the former home of Savile is fast falling into disrepair.

The former Jimmy Saville house in Glen Coe is rapidly deteriorating, Image: Lauren Watt.
The former Jimmy Saville house in Glen Coe is rapidly deteriorating, Image: Lauren Watt.

These new images show the current condition of disgraced children’s television and radio presenter Jimmy Savile home.

The house, Allt-na-Reigh, in Glencoe, has been repeatedly targeted by vandals.

The dilapidated property is open to the elements and in the last few weeks, more roof tiles have fallen off and parts of the interior have been damaged by fires.

The house was put up for auction and currently belongs to the family of retailer Harris Aslam, who consulted with the community on how to renovate it.

But so far no work has progressed on the site. Highland Council is considering plans for a modern property to be built there.

Exterior of Jimmy Savile house in Glen Coe, covering in graffiti with curse words blacked out.
Jimmy Savile house in Glen Coe is now graffiti-covered with the worst of the language blanked out. Image: Lauren Watt

Nothing left of Jimmy Savile’s life at Glencoe house

Now fresh photos have been shared on the Abandoned and Derelict Scotland Explores Facebook page, showing how the site – which has not been occupied since Savile’s death in 2011 – currently looks.

Photographer Lauren Watt said she wanted to see it for herself, and that there is “nothing left” of the disgraced star’s life at the house.

Inside the entrance of Allt-Na-Reigh cottage with ceilings and walls fallen in.
The ceiling and walls on Allt-Na-Reigh appear to have fallen in. Image: Lauren Watt

Over the years, the cottage has had several slogans daubed on its walls – which had been whitewashed years earlier in an effort to deter vandals.

The word “paedo” was written on the side of the hillside house, which Savile bought in 1998. Among previous slogans was scrawled “Jimmy the beast”.

State of Allt-Na-Reigh cottage an ‘absolute disgrace’

Fresh calls have now been made for the two-bedroom property to be demolished, or given a new lease of life.

Once home to mountaineering legend Hamish McInnes, who formed the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team and was responsible for pioneering the wider mountain rescue movement in Scotland, it has been suggested it should be given to a climbing club.

One of the rooms in Jimmy Savile house, with destroyed ceiling and debris on the floor.
There is nothing left belonging to Jimmy Saville in the house. Image: Lauren Watt

One local, who did not want to be named, said: “It is an absolute disgrace that the house is being left to ruin.

“No one wants it there, but no one can agree on a way forward.”

Fort William and Ardnamurchan councillor Angus MacDonald called for a resolution to end deliberation over the future of the house.

The destroyed Allt-Na-Reigh cottage with more graffiti and weather damage.
Recent poor weather means that deterioration in the last few months has been rapid. Image: Lauren Watt.

He said: “‘My view is that the building should be gifted to a climbing club or similar.

“This would result in a satisfactory result for most.”

Mr Aslam’s representative has been contacted for comment.

Posters plastered on the walls of Jimmy Savile's house.
Posters appear to have been put up inside the dilapidated Glencoe house. Image: Lauren Watt
More posters and graffiti inside the disgraced British tv presenter's Glencoe home.
The ceiling in Allt-Na-Reigh cottage is falling in. Image: Lauren Watt

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