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Jimmy Savile’s creepy Highland lair lies “totally wrecked” but has still not been demolished 18 months after an application was made to pull it down.
Highland Council is continuing to process the request made in November, 2021, to pull down what remains of the building in Glencoe.
In the meantime the building has been stripped bare so that there is practically “nothing left of it”, it is claimed.
The celebrity paedophile is believed to have abused 20 victims at the cottage that has collapsed ceilings, smashed walls and piles of debris left behind by trophy hunters.
The property, once visited by King Charles, is festering 18-months after the council received controversial plans to bulldoze it and build an ultra-modern new home.
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The "totally wrecked" cottage that belonged to Savile (SWNS.com)But while planning applications normally take a few months to be decided, this case has dragged on and there does not appear to be an end in sight.
Speaking to other members of an online group who visit derelict and abandoned properties, one person said: "Finally went to see the Jimmy Savile house. Nothing left of it though.”
Others who had visited the site said the cottage had been "completely wrecked" in recent weeks, with roof tiles torn off and insulation pulled from walls.
Savile, who was one of the BBC's biggest stars, spent decades grooming, molesting and raping children.
It's feared the DJ, who died in 2011, had abused up to 1,000 children, with some as young as two years old.
Savile first set eyes on the Allt-na-Reigh cottage on a cycling trip in 1944 and lived there from 1998 until his death aged 84.
The celebrity paedophile is believed to have abused 20 victims at the cottage (WireImage)Savile left orders that the cottage be handed over to the community after his death. But soon after, Scotland Yard launched a nationwide probe into a flood of allegations about the perverted star, with police searching the cottage for evidence that victims were abused there.
The two-bed home beside the A82, once home to climber and mountain rescue leader Hamish MacInnes, was auctioned for £212,000 then sold on.
It was later bought for a reported £335,000 by the family of retail tycoon Harris Aslam but his plans to raze it to the ground remain up in the air despite being lodged in October 2021.
Aslam plans to replace the eyesore with a futuristic new-build family home but the proposal has prompted a flood of complaints.
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Amongst objectors was The National Trust for Scotland who said the contemporary design would "distract and detract from the immersive experience of travelling through a landscape that is renowned and valued across the world".
It said: "It damages our nation's reputation for respecting heritage, while bringing no obvious public benefit."