Royal Native Oyster Stores, Whitstable
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Royal Native Oyster Stores, Whitstable
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 16 May 2013
Oyster production in Whitstable goes back even further, to Roman times. The Royal Native Oyster Stores was built by the Whitstable Oyster Company in 1893, to provide a place for sorting, grading and packing oysters as well as providing a large meeting room. It now houses a seafood restaurant. Most of the building dates from the 1890s, but some of the ground floor brickwork probably remains from an earlier building of 1793. The east gable has the legend “Royal Free Fishers and Dredgers incorporated 1793” and a first-floor loading door. The building is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1084921 National Heritage List for England).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.360864
Longitude
1.023225