Cellar Entrance, Salutation Cottages, Castle Street, Winchelsea
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Cellar Entrance, Salutation Cottages, Castle Street, Winchelsea
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 1 Jun 2019
Open on this day due to a cellar tour in the town, about 15 people have just descended into the cellar which is owned by the National Trust. The cellars were built when the town was planned for the lucrative medieval wine trade with Gascony for which Winchelsea was the main port. In many cases the cellars were built before the houses and thus many are accessible from the street rather than inside the building. There are currently 33 still accessible with another 17 known about. In the case of Salutation Cottages which was once an inn its cellar would have been used for the storage of beer.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.925664
Longitude
0.709847