Lutyens Crypt, Metropolitan Cathedral

Lutyens Crypt, underneath the Metropolitan (Catholic) Cathedral.  Edwin Lutyens original design for the Cathedral would have made it the second largest in the world but the onset of World War II stopped construction (the unfinished crypt was used as an air raid shelter during the war).  After the war a lack of funds meant that a new design was necessary and the new cathedral stands on top of the crypt.

This was my first time down in the crypt and it’s a beautiful space.  I’m only really familiar with it as CAMRA hold a beer festival down there every year – seems like an odd place for a beer festival?  It’s definitely worth a visit, beer drinker or not.