Manor at Sevenoaks

Side view of Manor at Sevenoaks

**Manor at Sevenoaks** in Sevenoaks, Kent, England is a residence belonging to the House of Lestrange. It features the main building, Henrietta-Louise's Garden, the Garden of the Ravens, Angelina's Fields and the stables.

Currently, Alexander Lestrange (the oldest cousin of Rodolphus, Rabastan and Beatrix Lestrange) lives there with his wife (Melissa Lestrange, née Belmont), and five children (Margaret Lestrange, Elizabeth Lestrange, Laurent Lestrange, Alexandra Lestrange and Yves Lestrange).

## History

### Early History

Manor at Sevenoaks was built in 1833 by Radolphus Lestrange for his daughter Minette Lestrange and her husband (also her second cousin) Wisconsin Lestrange. He built this house because he didn't want his daughter go back to France with her husband Wisconsin, who originally lived in France.

After Wisconsin and Minette's daughter Henrietta-Louise died at age 25, her parents named one of the gardens in this manor in memory of her. They planted the garden with her favourite flowers: Lily of the valley, Peonies, and Irises.

After Wisconsin died, the house was passed onto his son, Percival Lestrange.

### Later History

After Percival inherited the house, he made renovations to the gardens and the stables. He himself liked riding, so he expanded the stables and he encouraged all his children to learn how to ride. By the time he died, there were 15 horses living at the stables. 3 for himself, 2 for his wife Alicia, and two for each of his five children. The number of stables and horses stayed at 15 after that.

When Sylas Lestrange was born, Wisconsin and Minette's family line had already died out a decade ago. So when Sylas married, the manor was given to him. The manor may go out of use again soon as the main branch of the Lestrange family is likely to die out since none of the children have children. So, Alexander's son Frederick, might have to inherit Stamford House (the main house) instead of this one.

## Layout

### Main Building

#### Ground Floor

There are 4 rooms on the ground floor: The drawing room, the dining room, the kitchens, the playroom and the small archive. The main archive is in Stamford House, but in all of the houses the Lestranges own, there are archives, because there are still a lot of things to keep.

#### Ballroom/First Floor

The ballroom here isn't as big as the one at Stamford House, since this is not the main house, but there is still a ballroom just in case any balls need to be held here. Inside the ballroom, there is a grand piano and chandeliers. There is also a small balcony.

#### Library/Studies/Second Floor

The library and the studies are all situated on the second floor. The library takes up most of the space, but the studies for the owner of the house, the wife of the owner of the house, and the heir to the family are all on the third floor.

#### Third Floor

The third floor mainly consists of rooms. In total, there are 8 bedrooms: the master bedroom, three children's bedrooms, two nurseries, and two spare rooms. Though Wisconsin and Minette's son Percival had to temporarily turn the nurseries into children's rooms (once they were old enough) so his last two children would have a place to sleep. It did start with Louise, Marie and Marius sharing a room, but then as they got older, they couldn't sleep together. So, Percival had Marie and Marius sleep in the newly turned bedrooms.

#### Attic

There isn't much in the attic, except all of the things the Lestrange family living there have decided to throw up there because it was either useless, took up space, or wasn't needed anymore or for the moment.

### Stables

There were originally with 10 stalls only, but because of his love of horses, Percival Lestrange added five more stalls to the stables. By the time he died, he owned 15 horses, three for himself (Tourmaline, Eldwood and Primrose), two for his wife Alicia (Elizabeth and Charmayane), and two for each of his five children (Marianne - Victoria and Charlemagne, Laurent - Hawkie and Cascade, Louise - Annie and Amethyst Jade, Marie - Margarita and Raven, Marius - Apollo and Marigold).

Currently, there are a different fifteen horses living in the stables. Like with Percival's family, Sylas has three horses for himself (Rostislav, Dagmar and Caprice), two for his wife Melissa (Daisy and Sisi), and two for each of his five children (Margaret - Xenia Anastasia and Kasper, Elisabeth - Hayden and Empress Caterina, Victoria - Marie Antoinette and Bambi, Alexandra - Bloody Mary and Princess Alice, Frederick - Jasper and Hawthorne).

The original ten horses that lived there were