December 12, 2006

Obscure Architectural Term of the Day!

UNDERCROFT. A vaulted room, sometimes underground, below an upper room such as a church or a chapel.

From the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition.

Thank heavens for Google. Here is a site with a detailed drawing showing the undercroft at Monkton Old Hall in Pembroke, Wales, as well as the charmingly decorated executive version of said basement-with-snooty-name as found at Forde Abbey and Gardens, Chard, Somerset TA20 4LU England.

The undercroft should not be confused with Sid and Marty Krofft, nor with Lara Croft.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at December 12, 2006 12:10 PM
Comments

That woman has a huge belly button. Not the area I'm normally most interested in, but on her it seems overly obvious.

Posted by: skinnydan at December 12, 2006 12:16 PM

Well, large for a belly button perhaps, but I think it's actually a third eye.

(And for informational purposes only, I found out her real name is not Lara Croft, but rather is Karima Adebibe. I assume she had to keep her real name secret so she could do all sorts of exciting stuff with guns and tombs and stuff.)

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at December 12, 2006 12:23 PM