A property in the Scottish Highlands once owned by Jimmy Savile has been damaged by a fire.
An outbuilding at the Allt-na-Reigh cottage in Glen Coe caught fire on Saturday evening, leading to the closure of the A82.
The property lay abandoned for years and has been vandalised repeatedly since Savile’s death in 2011, and his exposure as a prolific sex offender.
Fire crews extinguished the blaze and the road was reopened on Sunday.
Highlands Council has previously given permission for the property to be demolished and replaced with a new home. The remote three-bedroom property was put on the market by trustees of the late DJ’s estate for £100,000 in 2013. It was described as “a traditional refurbished detached cottage in an attractive location within scenic Highland countryside” close to Glencoe Ski Centre.
A spokesperson for 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.”
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said they were called out at 5.40pm, and that three fire engines attended.
Savile, uncovered as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders, bought the whitewashed cottage in 1998.
Opinion has been divided over what should happen to the cottage, which was previously the home of renowned Scottish mountaineer Hamish MacInnes.
Some have suggested it should be demolished, while mountaineers think it should be transformed into a museum dedicated to their sport.
Previous plans to turn the property into a respite care centre for disabled people were abandoned when the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust closed in the wake of the scandal surrounding the former Top Of The Pops and Jim’ll Fix It host.
