Finding JKR's room of desire

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 31042

Frances wrote:
> Isaac: If you could travel to Hogwarts for an hour, what would you 
do there? 
> 
> JKR: Go straight into a certain room, mentioned in book four which 
has certain magical properties Harry hasn't discovered yet! 
> 

I feel some analysis ought to be helpful here.  We need a L.O.O.N. to 
carry out the following steps:

0) Stop guessing at random.
1) List all Hogwarts rooms mentioned in book four - note that we have 
to be a bit careful: we can't *prove* the Pensieve room is not at 
Hogwarts, though the presence of Dementors is a strong contra-
indication.
2) Strike out all those which are mentioned in earlier books, e.g. 
kitchens.
3) Strike out those where Harry has not had *any* opportunity to 
discover magical properties - JKR's comment implies to me that Harry 
knows a bit about the room.  For example, I don't think it would have 
been fair for JKR to describe the chamberpot room in this way.
4) Strike out any rooms where we are confident there is no more to be 
discovered by Harry.
5) and most important, consider what would make any of the remaining 
contenders be so interesting that JKR would rather go there than, 
say, Dumbledore's office.

I can see the prefects' bathroom surviving the above process; the 
side office possibly too - what would the properties be?.  But the 
whole point of the above list is that there may be others.

David