Changes: Entrance Hall

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"The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole of the Dursleys’ house in it. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors."

— Description of Harry's first view of the entrance hall^[src]

The Hogwarts Entrance Hall, also known as the Front Hall,^[1] is located on the ground floor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with a wide marble staircase opposite the oak doors. Double doors to the right lead into the Great Hall.^[2]

History

The Hufflepuff common room, the kitchens, the dungeons, and the Grand Staircase can also be accessed via the Entrance Hall. There is also an annex off the hall where Professor McGonagall speaks to first years before the Sorting ceremony at the beginning of each school year. The Goblet of Fire was placed in the Entrance Hall during the Triwizard Tournament in 1994. There is also a balcony above the Entrance Hall and a broomstick cupboard.

The house point hourglasses are also located in the Entrance Hall.

Behind the scenes

Entrance-Hall-hp4 — Entrance Hall during the Yule Ball.

In the films that follow from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as well as the video games that follow from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is shown with the doors to the Great Hall directly across from the main doors. The staircase does not appear to be marble, and there is a golden statue that appears in front of a window. The Grand Staircase is called the Marble Staircase in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the entrance to the Grand Staircase has been greatly enlarged and above the oak door of the Great Hall there are suits of armour that come up to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a large portion of the Entrance Hall's roof was blown away by spells.

The Entrance Hall's description from the books is brought to life in the video game adaptations of Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban, where it's a vast room with a large marble staircase and the House Point hourglasses. The later games use the smaller room from the films and relocate the hourglasses to the staff end of the Great Hall.
In the first two films, the Grand Staircase is not directly left of the Great Hall. It was to the left then to the right of the Great Hall. This can clearly be seen when in the second film Nearly Headless Nick enters the Great Hall from the left and the Grand Staircase can clearly not be seen.

Entrance Hall and the corridor
In the first two films, there is a gold statue of the Architect of Hogwarts in front of the window across from the stairs. This statue isn't seen in the third and fourth films but re-appears in the fifth and the sixth. This statue also appears in the fifth and sixth video games. The statue then replaced by the statue of the First Headmaster of Hogwarts.
In the Harry Potter films the double doors has a portcullis which is used to seal off the Entrance Hall.

Appearances

Notes and references

↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Ground floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Boys' toilets · Haunted Toilets
Classrooms
Classroom Eleven · Classroom 1B · Temporary Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom · Transfiguration department
Corridors & Bridges
Corridor off the Entrance Hall · Courtyard corridor · Great Hall balcony · Ground-floor corridor · Herbology corridor · Musical corridor · Owl Corridor · Oxford Corridor · Quad balcony · Staffroom passage · Suspension Bridge · Terrace · Tracery Hall · Viaduct
Courtyards
Astronomy Tower courtyard · Central tower courtyard · Courtyard · Middle Courtyard · Northern Courtyard · Northern Courtyard Annex · North Tower courtyard · Paved grounds · The Quad · Storeroom courtyard · Viaduct Courtyard · West Tower courtyard
Halls and rooms
Bean Bonus Room · Bell Tower Entrance Hall · Central Hall · Chamber off the Great Hall · Chamber of Reception · Duelling Club room · Entrance Hall · Great Foyer · Great Hall · Ground-floor green room · Hall of Herodiana · House Point Ceremony chamber · Link Building · Out Of Bounds · Portrait Room · Resting chamber of Lord Voldemort · Side chamber · Staffroom · Suspension Bridge entrance · Training Grounds Entrance · Viaduct Entrance · Suspension Bridge foyer
Offices
Room 234-00
Other locations
Keep Out! · Secret student sweetshop · Viaduct Courtyard Gatehouses · West Well
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Architect of Hogwarts · Brian Gagwilde · Broken Broom · Circe · First Headmaster of Hogwarts · Gargoyles at the staff room entrance · George von Rheticus · Giffard Abbott · Girl with flowers · Glanmore Peakes · Godric Gryffindor · Google Stump · Greta Catchlove · Heath Heatherton · Henry Bumblepuft · Jocunda Sykes · Kelpie Statue · Lonely Male Gargoyle · Lonely Male Gargoyle's friend · Medieval couple · Merwyn the Malicious · Mirabella Plunkett · Miserable Female Gargoyle · Norvel Twonk · Pangur Donn · Old Posh Baron · People watching Quidditch · Sarcastic Male Gargoyle · Staring Portrait · Statue symbolising heartbreak · Professor Swoopstikes · Sylvia Pembroke · Temeritus Shanks · Timothy the Timid · Violet · Wizard with a walrus moustache · Wyvern Fountain
Staircases
Boathouse Steps · Faculty Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Marble Staircase · Slughorn's Stairs · Staircase to the Entrance Dungeon · Staircase to the Serpentine corridor · Staircase to the second-floor corridor · Staircase to the third-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Artefact Room · Broom cupboard (Entrance Hall) · Broom cupboard (ground floor) · Herbology Store · Storage Cupboard · Storeroom

[1] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version

[PS-2] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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-{{Quote|The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole of [[Dursley family|the Dursleys]]’ [[4 Privet Drive|house]] in it. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts]], the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors.|Description of Harry's first view of the entrance hall|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
+*[[Ravenclaw]]
-The '''Hogwarts Entrance Hall''' (also known as the '''Front Hall'''<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS1 version</ref>) is located on the [[ground floor]] of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], with a wide marble staircase opposite the oak doors. Double doors to the right lead into the [[Great Hall]].[[File:Great_Hall.png|thumb|The Entrance Hall]]
+*[[Hufflepuff]]
+*[[Slytherin]]}}
+{{Quote|The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole of [[Dursley family|the Dursleys]]’ [[4 Privet Drive|house]] in it. The stone walls were lit with [[Fire|flaming]] torches like the ones at [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts]], the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors.|Description of Harry's first view of the entrance hall|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
+The '''Hogwarts Entrance Hall,''' also known as the '''Front Hall''',<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS1 version</ref> is located on the [[ground floor]] of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], with a wide marble staircase opposite the [[English oak|oak]] doors. Double doors to the right lead into the [[Great Hall]].<ref name= "PS">{{PS}}</ref>
+==History==
-The [[Hufflepuff Basement|Hufflepuff common room]], the [[Hogwarts kitchen|kitchens]], the [[dungeons]], and the [[Grand Staircase]] can also be accessed via the Entrance Hall. There is also an [[Chamber of Reception|annex]] off the hall where [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] speaks to [[first year]]s before the [[Sorting ceremony]] at the beginning of each school year. The [[Goblet of Fire]] was placed in the Entrance Hall during the [[Triwizard Tournament]] in [[1994]]. There is also a balcony above the Entrance Hall and a [[Entrance Hall broomstick cupboard|broomstick cupboard]].
+[[File:HousePointHourglasses.png|thumb|left|251x251px|House point hourglasses]]The [[Hufflepuff Basement|Hufflepuff common room]], the [[Hogwarts kitchen|kitchens]], the [[dungeons]], and the [[Grand Staircase]] can also be accessed via the Entrance Hall. There is also an [[Chamber of Reception|annex]] off the hall where [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] speaks to [[first year]]s before the [[Sorting ceremony]] at the beginning of each school year. The [[Goblet of Fire]] was placed in the Entrance Hall during the [[Triwizard Tournament]] in [[1994]]. There is also a balcony above the Entrance Hall and a [[Entrance Hall broomstick cupboard|broomstick cupboard]].
+The [[house point hourglasses]] are also located in the Entrance Hall.
 ==Behind the scenes==
-[[File:Entrance-Hall-hp4.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Entrance Hall during the [[Yule Ball]].]]
+[[File:Entrance-Hall-hp4.jpg|thumb|238px|Entrance Hall during the [[Yule Ball]].]]
 *In the films that follow from ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', as well as the video games that follow from ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', it is shown with the doors to the Great Hall directly across from the main doors. The staircase does not appear to be marble, and there is a golden statue that appears in front of a window. The [[Grand Staircase]] is called the Marble Staircase in ''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''.
 *In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', the entrance to the Grand Staircase has been greatly enlarged and above the oak door of the [[Great Hall]] there are [[Suit of armour|suits of armour]] that come up to fight in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]].
 *In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', a large portion of the Entrance Hall's roof was blown away by spells.
-[[File:Entrance HallHBP.jpg|thumb|300px|The Hall]]
+[[File:Entrance_HallHBP.jpg|thumb|left|180px|The Hall]]
 *The Entrance Hall's description from the books is brought to life in the video game adaptations of Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban, where it's a vast room with a large marble staircase and the House Point hourglasses. The later games use the smaller room from the films and relocate the hourglasses to the staff end of the Great Hall.
-*In the first two films, the Grand Staircase is not directly left of the Great Hall. It was to the left then to the right of the Great Hall. This can clearly be seen when in the second film [[Nearly Headless Nick]] enters the Great Hall from the left and the Grand Staircase can clearly not be seen.[[File:37812_332327540197872_1451691755_n.jpg|thumb|222px|Entrance Hall and the corridor]]
+*In the first two films, the Grand Staircase is not directly left of the Great Hall. It was to the left then to the right of the Great Hall. This can clearly be seen when in the second film [[Nearly Headless Nick]] enters the Great Hall from the left and the Grand Staircase can clearly not be seen.[[File:37812_332327540197872_1451691755_n.jpg|thumb|184px|Entrance Hall and the corridor]]
 *In the first two films, there is a gold statue of the [[Architect of Hogwarts]] in front of the window across from the stairs. This statue isn't seen in the third and fourth films but re-appears in the fifth and the sixth. This statue also appears in the fifth and sixth video games. The statue then replaced by the statue of the [[First Headmaster of Hogwarts]].
 *In the [[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter films]] the double doors has a portcullis which is used to seal off the Entrance Hall.