Definition of Undercrofts. Meaning of Undercrofts. Synonyms of Undercrofts

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Definition of Undercrofts

Undercroft
Undercroft Un"der*croft, n. [Under + Prov. E. croft a vault; cf. OD. krochte crypt, and E. crypt.] (Arch.) A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.

Meaning of Undercrofts from wikipedia

- medieval kitchen and a range of stores. Many of these early medieval undercrofts were vaulted or groined, such as the vaulted chamber at Beverston Castle...
- of an elevator for the disabled in the 1970s. Below the memorial is an undercroft. Due to water seeping through the calcium carbonate within the marble...
- The Chapel of St Mary Undercroft is a Church of England chapel located in the Palace of Westminster, London, England. The chapel is accessed via a flight...
- retained the Rows in their designs. Undercrofts or "crypts" were constructed beneath the buildings in the Rows. The undercrofts are made from stone while most...
- more importantly its contents, could be watched at all times. While undercrofts are on occasion called 'cellars' they were not exclusively built completely...
- are finding new ways to hover above the landscape creating lush shaded undercrofts that extend public amenity, mature planting, habitat and flowpaths, shade...
- would measure almost 3 kilometers in length. The walls, towers, vaulted undercrofts, cisterns, and residential buildings are carefully adapted into the folds...
- Thames. Undercrofts were common features at the time, used to house a variety of materials including food and firewood. Whynniard's undercroft, on the...
- Steep ground at Powys Castle, Mid Wales, falls away in a series of terraces, some supported on vaulted undercrofts....
- placed as always on the side opposite, the dormitory, raised on a vaulted undercroft, and the chapter-house adjacent, and the lodgings of the cellarer, responsible...