undercroft

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Floor-to-ceiling glass walls will provide a view of some of the supports in the undercroft, and an immersive theater presentation will project images of historic events onto the foundations, the Park Service said.

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

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

Here at Wokingham there was a picturesque old town hall with an open undercroft, supported on pillars; but the townsfolk must needs pull it down and erect an unsightly brick building in its stead.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)