Malfoy Manor

**Malfoy Manor** is a canonical manor house in Wiltshire, England, and the seat of the Malfoy family since the time of the Norman invasion.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Malfoy Manor** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
The vast manorial estate is surrounded by a high yew hedge, leaving only a wide gravel driveway barred by a pair of wrought-iron gates; the hedge also curves in to follow the driveway so that the area behind it is nowhere visible from outside. The gates are spelled to let people giving the correct sign pass through them unhindered but will otherwise form a face asking the visitor's purpose. The yard contains trees of many different kinds as well as smaller plant life of various types, and is home to white peacocks. There are gardens and at least one fountain. The manor house itself is described as "handsome", with diamond-paned windows on at least the bottom floor. The front door is known to open by itself when people approach it, although it is not known if it does so for anyone or only for a selected list of individuals.

The entrance to the house is a large hallway, dimly lit but sumptuously decorated. The stone floor is covered by a magnificent carpet, and the walls are lined with portraits. At the end is a heavy wooden door with a bronze handle, leading into the grand drawing room. This is wide and spacious, with a 30-feet-high ceiling, two chandeliers and a pipe organ at one end; there is also a fireplace with a marble mantelpiece under a gilded mirror in an intricately scrolled frame. The walls are dark purple and hung with portraits, and there is a long and ornate table.

Below the drawing room is a secret room, accessible by a steep flight of stairs and a heavy door, which according to Draco Malfoy was used to hide the family's collection of Dark artefacts from the Ministry of Magic. Voldemort seems not to have felt a need to hide such things, and during his stay at the manor it was instead used as a dungeon for prisoners. As such, it was considered completely escape-proof, since only house-elves could bypass the security spells. It was dank and musty, with no light and nothing in it beyond a water jug, a food bowl and a nail.

Both Lucius and Draco seem to have moved into the manor with their families while their parents were still alive; it may be that ownership is transferred upon marriage rather than after death. Whether the older generation would then move to some other property or the manor is large enough to comfortably support two separate households is not known.

## Non-canonical information

### General layout

* In *The Code*, Draco is said to live in a separate wing; although it is not specifically mentioned, their interaction makes it seem likely that Lucius and Narcissa also have separate wings. There is further a thestral stables on the premises, presumably in a building of its own.

### List of non-canonical parts of the manor

* Dining room (*The Code,* *The Prisoner*)
* Draco Malfoy's bedroom (*passim*)
* Draco Malfoy's study (*The Code*)
* Library (*passim*)
* Lucius Malfoy's office (*The Code*)
* Music room (*The Code*)
* Sitting room (*The Power of Seven*)
* Thestral stables (*The Code*)
* West garden (*The Prisoner*)

## See also

* Category:Place at Malfoy Manor collects articles describing parts of the manor.
* Category:Malfoy manor (major location) and Category:Malfoy manor (minor location) collect stories taking place – primarily and to some extent, respectively – at Malfoy Manor.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *The Code*, Chapter 1
2. ↑ *The Prisoner*, Chapter 4
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *The Prisoner*, Chapter 2
4. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 54