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	THE ENTRANCE HALL +Double oak front doors, opening to the west Large, cavernous room, lit by torches, with ceiling so high it's barely visible. Wide marble staircase opposite the front doors (east wall) leads up to first floor. Double doors to the right (south wall) lead into the Great Hall. On the east wall are two doors, one on either side of the staircase. To the north of the staircase is a door leading down a flight of steps to the first dungeon level. To the south is a door leading to the Hufflepuff common room and the kitchens. On the left (north wall) is a door leading to a smaller antechamber where First Years wait to be sorted. To the right of someone coming down the stairs (north wall) is a door leading down to the Slytherin common room Four giant hourglasses - one for each House - stand in niches in a corner opposite the main doors. Each hourglass is filled with gemstones rather than sand, one gemstone in the lower bulb for each House Point currently held by that House. Gryffindor's contains rubies, Ravenclaw's sapphires, and Slytherin's emeralds. Presumably Hufflepuff's hourglass contains some sort of yellow gemstone.he entrance Hall has a flagstone floor	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	THE GREAT HALL +Vast chamber with an enchanted ceiling that mirrors the sky outside. Four long tables for the four houses. Closest to the doors from the Entrance Hall is Slytherin, then Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and next to the far wall, Gryffindor. The teachers sit at the High Table, a table on a raised platform at the front of the room. A door behind the staff table allows a person to enter the Great Hall from outside without going through the main entrance. There are windows into this room from the lawn outside	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	THE STAFF ROOM +A long panelled room with mismatched, dark wooden chairs and a large wardrobe, sometimes inhabited by a boggart. The staff room is located off the Entrance Hall . The doorway is flanked by two stone gargoyles	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	CLASSROOM ELEVEN +A classroom located down the corridor leading off the Entrance Hall on the side opposite the Great Hall. This is one of several unused classrooms on the ground floor. Dumbledore arranged for this room to look like the middle of a forest clearing; Firenze, who couldn't easily negotiate the stairs, taught Divination in this room. He could lower the lights and display a starry sky with a wave of his hand.	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	FILCHE'S OFFICE +Filch's office is a small room with a single oil lamping hanging from the ceiling. It smells of fried fish. In it are filing cabinets with details of the misdeeds of students. Fred and George have an entire drawer to themselves. In Filch's office you'll find: * chains and manacles (not used these days but kept polished just in case) * cabinet full of confiscated magic items marked "Confiscated and Highly Dangerous." * desk and chairs * lots of forms to write up malefactors	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS +The room has windows looking out onto the grounds. An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling, although it broke loose and fell during the pixie incident.	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	MCGONAGALL'S OFFICE +McGongall's office is decorated with a lot of tartan plaid. She keeps a tin of biscuits on her desk and usually, the Quidditch Cup on her shelf. Her office has a fireplace with a mantelpiece, and the entrance is evidently within easy walking distance of girls bathroom bathroom. The fireplace can be connected to the Floo Network when necessary. At least one of her windows overlooks the Quidditch pitch. Some of the corridors along the route from her office to the entrance to Gryffindor Tower have windows overlooking Hagrid's cabin. To get from the DADA classroom to McGonagall's office, take a corridor from the DADA classroom to the nearest flight of stairs leading down; McGonagall's door is on the left	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.
	THE HISTORY OF MAGIC +The History of Magic classroom has a blackboard through which the professor enters and exits the room. It also has a window through which Hedwig could enter; the window has thick glass and a narrow ledge . Just up the corridor from the classroom, in the direction of the marble staircase, is a window with a view of Hagrid's cabin	0	0	No posts have been made on this board.