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undercroft

[uhn-der-krawft, -kroft] / ˈʌn dərˌkrɔft, -ˌkrɒft /


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Accessible via a small door to the right of the building’s famous front steps, the new attraction encompasses only a third of the existing undercroft, suspended within the larger surrounding space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The new space cannot fully replicate the experience of visiting the cavernous undercroft when it was still raw and unfinished, with bottom-level soil so peaty that residue clung to one’s shoes for days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Part of the undercroft roof will be removed so equipment can be lowered into the workspace by crane.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023

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

Two heavy wooden doors at the entrance leave no doubt as to the purpose for which the undercroft was built.

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


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