"As part of a local festival, the Georgian-era church in the centre of Wanstead will open its underground crypt for public tours. St Mary the Virgin Wanstead, has been a parish in the area for just over 800 years, and the current church replaced a medieval one in 1790. Internally, it's little altered from the original design, making it a rare survivor in London of a Georgian church design with original galleries, box pews and and decorations."
"And for the Wanstead Fringe, they open up the basement - the crypt underneath the church for tours of the resting place for the dead who could afford to be buried closer to the altar than those stuck outside in the graveyard. There are usually four tours per day and they cost £10 per person. On weekends, the tours are held in the afternoons, and during the week, they are scheduled for the evenings, which likely makes it easier for working people to visit."
St Mary the Virgin in Wanstead is a Georgian-era church dating from 1790 that replaced a medieval predecessor and has served the parish for just over 800 years. The church interior remains largely unchanged, retaining original galleries, box pews and period decorations, which makes it a rare surviving example of Georgian church design in London. During the Wanstead Fringe the church opens its basement crypt for guided tours of vaults used by those who could afford burial nearer the altar. Tours run up to four times a day, cost £10 per person, are afternoon weekends and evening weekdays, and the church is about a ten-minute walk from Wanstead tube station.
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