They usually stand in the centre of the market-place, and have an Undercroft, the upper storey resting on pillars.
"Vanishing England"
P. H. Ditchfield
These they descended, and there was a dim light in the place, and Rheinfrid's heart beat quickly, for he knew the pillars and vaulted roofs and walls of this Undercroft.
"A Child's Book of Saints"
William Canton
Yet we went about the house without, and counted the windows heedfully to see that we had missed no chamber, and found nought amiss; and then we went in again and sought as low down as we might, to see if perchance some dungeon there were underground, but found nought save a very goodly Undercroft below the great hall, which was little less fair than that which was above it.
"The Water of the Wondrous Isles"
William Morris