Cellar ventilation - up or down?

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Our cellar is damp (yes, I know most of them are) with little in the way of natural ventilation. The porch area that leads down to it is also damp with mould growing, so I clearly need to improve the ventilation. The choice seems to be installing a fan in the cellar window with a vent in the porch up the stairs (ie pulling air down the stairs and out of the cellar window) or a fan in the porch and a vent in the window, so the air flows up the stairs. Is there going to me much of a difference, or am I overthinking this.
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Fan by window .A low powered bathroom fan will run 24/7/365 for a few pounds a year .(8w fan around 50p per week)
 
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Actually I'm thinking of replacing one of the panes with a fan panel. Just need to get some electricity nearby.

But I think in essence you are saying the direction of flow doesn't matter. Thanks
 

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