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Nicolle Tower

Coordinates: 49°10′25″N 2°04′14″W / 49.173496°N 2.070478°W / 49.173496; -2.070478
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Nicolle Tower
The tower.
Nicolle Tower is located in Channel Islands
Nicolle Tower
General information
TypeFolly with military additions.
AddressLa Rue au Blancq, St. Clement, Jersey.
Town or cityParish of St. Clement
CountryJersey
Coordinates49°10′25″N 2°04′14″W / 49.173496°N 2.070478°W / 49.173496; -2.070478
Construction started1821
Completed1821
OwnerLandmark Trust
Website
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/nicolle-tower-9638

Nicolle Tower is a tower in the parish of St Clement in Jersey. It was built in 1821 for Philippe Nicolle as a hexagonal folly house on the site of an earlier navigation tower on Mont Ubé.[1][2] It is adjacent to the Mont Ubé dolmen.

During the occupation of the Channel Islands the German forces made some modifications to this tower, extending its height with a new top floor, including narrow windows, so that they could use the tower as an observation post. There are other structures near-by, including gun emplacements, and bunkers which were constructed during the occupation.[2]

The tower today

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Nicolle Tower is a listed building, restored and owned by the Landmark Trust, and is used as short-let holiday accommodation.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "HistoricEnvironmentDetail". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "20 incredible buildings where you can spend the night". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "The Landmark Trust | Nicolle Tower". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.