Great Hall Table Position

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 2849

Do the positions of the tables change from year to year? In the first 
couple of books I got the impression that the Gryffindor table was 
closest to the door to the main hall and was next to the Slytherin 
table( the description in CoS when they try to figure out how to get 
to the Slytherin Common Room). The Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables
are between the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables.

            T.T.
(MD)                        (DD)
      G   R/H  R/H     S



Yet in GoF I get the impression the Gryffindor table is the
furtherest from the main door (the description of Harry having to
walk 
past the Slytherin table and the other tables to get to the
Gryffindor 
table). So the arrangement is like this:
 
             T. T.
(MD)
       S     R/H  R/H    G


T.T.= teachers table
S=    Slytherin
R/H=  Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff
G=    Gryffindor
(MD)=   Main Door 
(DD)=   Door to Hallway of Ravenclaw and Slytherin Common Rooms (CoS)
**The doors are positioned in general location and doesn't mean that 
DD is positioned directly across from the MD or the MD is adjacent to 
the T.T.

--Milz