undercroft

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Eight and a half years ago, I attended my first in-person meeting, in the undercroft of a Unitarian Church in Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2020

Further along is the oldest part of the abbey, the undercroft, used as the treasury.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2019

I had a CVS employee show me how to use a price scanner, and a church employee tell me what an undercroft is.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2018

Taking inspiration from the atmospheric fan-vaulted undercroft of the 1600s Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, Grafton Architects have proposed an internal structure that appears to grow in branching, tree-like umbrellas as it rises through the building.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2017

There are several stone coffins in the undercroft, and a good many fragments of carved stone, some of which are very fine.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy