Nicolle Tower
| Nicolle Tower | |
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Parish of St Clement | |
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Landmark Trust | |
 Nicolle Tower | |
| Location: | 49°10’25"N, 2°4’14"W |
| Address: | La Rue au Blancq, St. Clement |
| Built 1821 | |
| Information | |
| Website: | Nicolle Tower |
Nicolle Tower is a distinctive tower standing in the parish of St Clement on 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] 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.
The tower today
Nicolle Tower is a listed building, restored and owned by the Landmark Trust, and is used as short-let holiday accommodation.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Nicolle Tower) |
- Nicolle Tower - The Landmark Trust