History of Hogwarts
Lesson 4 Dungeons & Sub-levels
Welcome class to your fourth lesson in History of Hogwarts
"Oh I would never dream of assuming I know all Hogwarts' secrets..."
--Albus Dumbledore
It is not possible to create an accurate floorplan or map of Hogwarts because rooms and staircases move around a lot.
There are a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts: wide, sweeping ones; narrow, rickety ones; some that lead somewhere different on a Friday; some with a vanishing step halfway up that you have to remember to jump. Then there are doors that won't open unless you ask politely, or tickle them in exactly the right place and some doors are really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending. It is also very hard to remember where anything is because it all seems to move around a lot. The people in the portraits keep going to visit each other and Harry was sure the coats of armor could talk.
It is possible to list and describe almost all of the rooms and indicate where they seem to be found most often.
Dungeons and Sub-Levels:
Potions Classroom
- Large enough to accomodate a double class (about twenty cauldrons)
- "Potions lessons took place down in one of the dungeons. It was colder here than up in the main castle, and would have been quite creepy enough without the pickled animals floating in glass jars all around the walls"
- Icy cold water pours from a gargoyle's mouth into a basin in the corner
- You can see your breath in this room during the winter months
Snape's Office and Private Stores
- Adjacent to classroom
- filled with bizarre creatures in jars, his own private stores of potions ingredients, located next to his dungeon classroom
Slytherin Dungeon Common Room
- Hidden door in a blank stone wall, opens by password
- Low ceiling, greenish torchlight
- Extends under the lake
Dungeon Five
- Some third year accidentally plastered frog brains all over the ceiling in this dungeon, which suggests that it is used for making potions
- Other dungeons, including one large enough for Deathday party
Kitchens
- Located directly beneath the Great Hall, equal in size
- Preparation tables direct under the tables above
- Staffed by over a hundred house-elves
Corridor With Door to Kitchens
- Pictures on the wall, mostly of food
- down a flight of stone steps into a broad stone corridor, brightly lit with torches
- This corridor also leads to the Hufflepuff Common Room
The Chamber of Secrets
- Passageways leading to it-far beneath the school, at least partly beneath the lake
The Chamber of the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone
- Passageways leading to it-far beneath the school
Hufflepuff Common Room and Dormitories
- Located down the staircase to the right of the main staircase in the entrance hall.
Next Lesson: First and Second Floors
Assignment: Name the Places/Rooms:
1) In what room can you see your breath in, in the winter months?
2) Leads to the Hufflepuff Common Room.
3) Extends under the lake.
4) Large enough to accomodate a double class.
5) Filled with bizarre creatures in jars.
6) Far beneath the school.
7) Located beneath the Great Hall.
8) Partly beneath a lake.
9) Used for making potions.
10) Name ALL of the places/rooms in the Dungeons and Sub-levels.
Bonus:How many staircases are at Hogwarts?
Dont forget, the first student to send me the correct answer to the bonus question will receive an extra 10pts. for their house.
Assignments will be due on: Oct 23rd
Please send your assignments to Professor Parson at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Please click on the quill below...
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