Hogwarts Dorms ?

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 79325

On 30 Aug 2003 at 16:13, jeffl1965 wrote:

>      Does anybody think that they change dorms every year, or do 
they 
> keep the same one all the time? In Harry's year it's just 5 boys. We
> don't really know the size of their dorm, or which floors house the
> other years, sexes or washrooms, bath areas. Is their dorm the one
> vacated by last year's graduating class? Is the dorm fairly large so
> that they can house 20 or more students, or do they have different
> sizes, or do they make you move up the tower with each school year? 
>      Comments?

OK - it seems they keep the same dormitory. The clearest info on this 
is in Chamber of Secrets:

"They managed to get to the other side of the common room, still 
having their backs slapped, and gained the peace of the staircase. 
They hurried up it, right to the top, and at last reached the door of 
their old dormitory, which now had a sign on it saying SECOND YEARS."

It's also clear that the room only contains five beds:

"They entered the familiar, circular room, with its five four-posters
hung with red velvet and its high, narrow windows. Their trunks had 
been brought up for them and stood at the ends of their beds."

They seem to be on the top floor.

We don't really have any certain information on whether there are 
different sized dormitories, etc, nor if the girls have the same 
facilities etc. I assume that there are seven male dormitories, and
seven female ones for Gryffindor each occupying one floor of two sub
towers attached to the main Gryffindor common room/tower. But that's
assumption.

I've placed bathrooms, etc, for my mapping purposes but that's mostly
just guessing.

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