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The Middle Courtyard^[1] (also known as the Transfiguration Courtyard) is one of the cloisters in the inner part of Hogwarts Castle. This courtyard has grass in the open area, in which a big tree has grown over the centuries. There is one massive iron Armillary Sphere that stands in the centre of the courtyard.

The Transfiguration department was located somewhere near here as well as Classroom 1B. Also, during the 1992–1993 school year, the entrance to the Headmaster's office was located here.

Behind the scenes

In the first two movies, the scenes in this courtyard were filmed in the cloister of Durham Cathedral. However, in the fourth film, the location used was the New College (Oxford) and a big tree is shown in a corner. In the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game), the courtyard is similar with the Courtyard from the first film, but with a large pond instead a fountain. The Oxford courtyard is also seen in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix but with smaller tree and slightly different cloister windows. The courtyard shown in the sixth movie (and video game) was built in Leavesden studios, most likely to accomodate the addition of the Astronomy Tower. The set has now been renovated into the newly enlarged Entrance Courtyard for Deathly Hallows.
The courtyard from first two films is, interestingly, similar to the courtyard from the sixth movie and video game. Except the new one has the Astronomy tower.
The Courtyard's centre fountain's shape changed during the middle of the first film (when Harry released Hedwig to the winter sky), but it was restored after the scene
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, during the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament Harry appears to fly over the cloister of Durham Cathedral even though scenes of the First Task were filmed in the Oxford Courtyard. However, in the Hogwarts Castle replica of that film, a new courtyard is shown (see image on the left), closer to the Quad seen in the second film.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the entrance to the Headmaster's office is located here. But by the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it has moved to the Entrance Courtyard.

The Courtyard from above in 1993
In the PS1 adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone this is where Harry was taught to fly by Madam Hooch, and known as Flying Practice Area.
In 1998 The Ravenclaw corridor was located in the top-most floor of the building that surround the courtyard, because meanwhile Helena Ravenclaw was talking in the air, the grass is seen.
It is interesting to notice that the structure of the cloister with the towers surrounding it (except Astronomy Tower is similar to the the one from the cloister and towers from Durham Cathredal.

Appearances

MiddleCourtyardthroughthefilms — The Middle Courtyard through the films

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Briefly)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Briefly)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in flashback(s))
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (name appears on a tapestry) (First identified as Middle Courtyard)

Notes and references

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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

Hogwarts Duelling Club

Duelling Club Captains
Hogwarts: Gilderoy Lockhart · Severus Snape
Gryffindor: Angus Matlock
Hufflepuff: Duelling Club Captain
Ravenclaw: Alannis
Slytherin: Duelling Club Captain
Duelling Club Members
Gryffindor: Edward · Emily · Harry Potter · Hermione Granger · Neil Randall · Neville Longbottom · Romilda Vane · Ronald Weasley · Seamus Finnigan · Stewart
Hufflepuff: Anthony Otterburn · Heather · Justin Finch-Fletchley · Karl Limpley · Kouta Ohnishi · Rhonda Fladbury
Ravenclaw: Andrew · Helen Dawlish · Fawcett · Rebecca · Shoma Ichikawa · Terry Boot · Trevor Birch
Slytherin: Bridget · Draco Malfoy · Fergus Cowley · Irfan Mustaq · Maynard Hatton · Millicent Bulstrode · Peter · Rachel · Roy
Badges
Crossfire Badge · Defender Badge · Duelling Beginner's Luck Badge · Duelling Club Champion Badge · Duelling Veteran Badge · Keen Duellist Badge · Master Duellist Badge · Nine Lives Badge · Persistence Badge · Reflex Badge
Duelling Club locations
Great Hall · Middle Courtyard · The Quad · Training Grounds

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 The [[Transfiguration department]] was located somewhere near here as well as [[Classroom 1B]]. Also, during the [[1992–1993 school year]], the entrance to the [[Headmaster]]'s [[Headmaster's office|office]] was located here.
+==Behind the scenes==
-==History==
-===[[1991–1992 school year]]===
-In [[Harry Potter|Harry]]'s [[first year]], this courtyard was used as a "playtime court". Here was where Harry, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] talked about [[Severus Snape|Snape]] and planned to get the [[Philosopher's Stone]].
-===[[1992–1993 school year]]===
-[[File:Transfiguration Courtyard (1-2).jpg|thumb|right|300px|The courtyard as seen in the first two movies]]
-In this school year, the [[Gryffindor]] [[Quidditch]] team planned to train here, but the [[Slytherin]] team arrived and trained here instead. Here is where [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]] called Hermione a [[Mudblood]] and Ron tried to [[Slug-Vomiting Charm|curse]] him. Also, the [[trio]] talked here about [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]'s intentions.
+*In the first two movies, the scenes in this courtyard were filmed in the cloister of Durham Cathedral. However, in the fourth film, the location used was the New College (Oxford) and a big tree is shown in a corner. In the ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'', the courtyard is similar with the Courtyard from the first film, but with a large pond instead a fountain. The Oxford courtyard is also seen in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' but with smaller tree and slightly different cloister windows. The courtyard shown in the sixth movie (and video game) was built in Leavesden studios, most likely to accomodate the addition of the [[Astronomy Tower]]. The set has now been renovated into the newly enlarged Entrance Courtyard for Deathly Hallows.
-===[[1993–1994 school year]]===
+*The courtyard from first two films is, interestingly, similar to the courtyard from the sixth movie and video game. Except the new one has the [[Astronomy tower]].
-[[File:Draco_transfigured_by_Moody_into_a_ferret.gif|thumb|right|250px|Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Moody, transfigures Draco into a ferret.]]
+*The Courtyard's centre fountain's shape changed during the middle of the first film (when Harry released Hedwig to the winter sky), but it was restored after the scene
-During this school year, Harry, Ron and Hermione looked for dragonfly thoraxes for their [[Potions (class)|Potions class]] homework.
+*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', during the First Task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]] Harry appears to fly over the cloister of Durham Cathedral even though scenes of the First Task were filmed in the Oxford Courtyard. However, in the [[Hogwarts Castle]] replica of that film, a new courtyard is shown (see image on the left), closer to [[the Quad]] seen in the second film.
+*In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the entrance to the [[Headmaster's office]] is located here. But by the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', it has moved to the [[Entrance Courtyard]].[[File:Transfiguration_Courtyard.jpg|thumb|left|The Courtyard from above in 1993]]
-===[[1994–1995 school year]]===
+*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|PS1 adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' this is where [[Harry Potter|Harry]] was taught to [[Flying (class)|fly]] by [[Rolanda Hooch|Madam Hooch]], and known as '''Flying Practice Area'''.
-In [[1994]], [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch Jr.]], diguised as [[Alastor Moody]], turned [[Draco Malfoy]] into a [[ferret]]. Also, Harry advised [[Cedric Diggory]] about the First Task.
+*In 1998 The Ravenclaw corridor was located in the top-most floor of the building that surround the courtyard, because meanwhile Helena Ravenclaw was talking in the air, the grass is seen.
+*It is interesting to notice that the structure of the cloister with the towers surrounding it (except [[Astronomy Tower]] is similar to the the one from the cloister and towers from Durham Cathredal.<br />
-===[[1995–1996 school year]]===
-[[File:Transfiguration courtyard.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The courtyard in 1995]]
-In [[1996]], Harry put one of the [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]'s [[Portable Swamp]]s here. Also, a talking [[Gargoyle]] stands in the courtyard.
-===[[1996–1997 school year]]===
-[[File:Transcourt.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Prof. Dumbledore's dead body in the courtyard]]
-In [[June]] [[1997]], [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s dead body was found here. Also, the courtyard was used as the [[Ravenclaw]] [[Duelling Club]] during this year.
-==Behind the scenes==
-[[File:Middle_courtyard_HP4.jpg|thumb|149px|right|As it is seen in the fourth film castle replica]]
-*In the first two movies, the scenes in this courtyard were filmed in the cloister of Durham Cathedral. However, in the fourth film, the location used was the New College (Oxford) and a big tree is shown in a corner. The Oxford courtyard is also seen in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''. The courtyard shown in the sixth movie (and video game) was built in Leavesden studios, most likely to accomodate the addition of the [[Astronomy Tower]]. The set has now been renovated into the newly enlarged Entrance Courtyard for Deathly Hallows.
-*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', during the First Task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]] Harry appears to fly over the cloister of Durham Cathedral even though scenes of the First Task were filmed in the Oxford Courtyard. However, in the [[Hogwarts Castle]] replica of that film, a new courtyard is shown (see image on the left), closer to [[The Quad|the Quad]] seen in the second film.
-*In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the entrance to the [[Headmaster's office]] is located here. But by the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', it has moved to the [[Entrance Courtyard]].
-*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)|PS1 adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' this is where [[Harry Potter|Harry]] was taught to [[Flying (class)|fly]] by [[Rolanda Hooch|Madam Hooch]].
 ==Appearances==
+[[File:MiddleCourtyardthroughthefilms.jpg|thumb|350px|The Middle Courtyard through the films]]
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{1st}}
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Comment|Briefly}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{C|Briefly}}
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{Comment|Briefly}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{C|Briefly}}
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
-*''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' {{Flashback}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
-*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]'' {{comment|name appears on a tapestry}} {{1st ID}}
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
+*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]'' {{C|name appears on a tapestry}} {{1st ID}}
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