Nicolle Tower

Nicolle Tower

The tower.
General information
Type Folly with military additions.
Address La Rue au Blancq, St. Clement, Jersey.
Town or city Parish of St. Clement
Country Jersey
Coordinates 49°10′25″N 2°04′14″W / 49.173496°N 2.070478°W / 49.173496; -2.070478
Construction started 1821
Completed 1821
Owner Landmark 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] 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]

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