Whipping Post House
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Whipping Post House
Image: © Paul Gillett Taken: 3 Jan 2011
Situated next to the village pond few buildings in Rottingdean have such a colourful history. Early Tudor in origin it was once the home of the village's most notorious smuggler, Captain Dunk. When not outsmarting the Revenue Officers Captain Dunk ran a butchers shop on the premises. The extensive cellars must have witnessed countless contraband in their time. Rumour has it that these cellars were also connected to passages leading under the high street to the beach. The house is named after the whipping post which used to stand just in front of the house where now the Horse Chestnut stands. These posts were used to fasten people so that they could be punished for misdemeanours. http://www.rggj.net/Rottingdean/pc2.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
50.805457
Longitude
-0.057866