Bellatrix Black's Journal

Lestrange Manor
Located in Upper Slaughter, Cotswold, Glochestershire, it's a 17th century, manor home of honey-coloured stone, walled gardens, parkland and lake. The house itself is run down after being empty for the past 40 years, though most of the decay has happened after the house elves vacated the place after the Lestrange's death 26 years ago.

EXTERIOR:

From afar

Close up

INTERIOR: (Down and up)

Downstairs

When you enter the manor you're faced with the grand staircase, one of many stairs in the house. If you follow it downstairs you'll find kitchens, laundry rooms, quarters for house elves and the likes. From a staircase in the kitchen you find your way to the wine cellar. A secret stair from behind the fireplace in the great hall leads to the dungeons.

Ground Floor

This is where you find all the reception rooms. The entrance hall is dark wood, and has carvings of snakes and creatuers on the walls. From the entrance hall you can make your way upstairs to the upstairs quarters, or to the following rooms (among others):

Anteroom - Directly to the right of the entrance hall is the Anteroom. When the house was connected to the Floo network this was the only room you could Floo into. This is where people are told to wait if they come unannounced. They won't be able to leave the room on their own accord.

Private Drawing room - Behind the Anteroom is the private Drawing Room. This is the smaller of the Drawing rooms and was traditionally used by family and not guests. At the moment this is the only Drawing room used.

Library - From the Private Drawing room you can make your way to the library, which again was used only by family. Most of the books are behind panels and spells since they are dark in their nature. This has preserved them so that they are still in reasonable condition though many has been destroyed by time.

Great Hall - In the other direction of the entrance hall you'll find your way to the Great Hall where more stairs lead you to the upper reception rooms (not to the private rooms). Theses stairs are closed off at the moment as the rooms are uninhabitable.

Main Drawing Room - Reached by a corridor from the Great Hall. This is closed off for the moment.

Dining room - Can be reached from either a corridor off the Private Dining rooms, the upstairs, or from the Main Drawing room. This is just cleaned enough to be in use.

Upstairs:

Aside from the upstairs Reception rooms that aren't in use, there are 26 en-suit bedrooms on the upper floors. Here are a few of them:

Master bedroom - Bella's room. Connected to the Master bath.

Voldemort's room with bath.

Rabastan's room with bath.

These three rooms also have sitting rooms connected to them. Rodolphus' private study is connected to the Master Bedroom and spelled so that only Bella can enter.

Scor's (future) room with bath

Lily's room with bath.

Jacob's room with bath