Location from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The grand, dark ancestral mansion of the Malfoy family in Wiltshire, commandeered by Voldemort as his headquarters during the Second Wizarding War and the site of Hermione's torture by Bellatrix Lestrange.
Malfoy Manor is old money made architectural. The Malfoys have been wealthy, connected, and questionable for centuries, and the manor reflects all of it — beautiful, cold, and built to impress visitors into submission. When Voldemort chose it as his base of operations, the Malfoys had no power to refuse and the house became a place of terror. Death Eaters came and went freely. Prisoners — including Ollivander the wandmaker, Luna Lovegood, and Dean Thomas — were chained in the cellar. Bellatrix tortured Hermione on the drawing room floor while Harry and Ron listened helplessly from below. The chandelier that Dobby dropped on Bellatrix during their escape was probably worth more than the Weasleys' house. After the war, the Malfoys avoided Azkaban by providing testimony, and the manor presumably returned to being merely pretentious rather than actively evil.
A handsome manor house behind tall wrought-iron gates, flanked by a yew hedge. The drive is long and the house imposing — pale stone, many windows, an air of centuries-old wealth. Inside, the drawing room is dark and ornate: a crystal chandelier, a long polished table, portraits of pale-haired Malfoys on the walls. During Voldemort's occupation, the manor's elegance took on a sinister quality — the dining table hosted Death Eater meetings, prisoners were kept in the cellar, and Nagini slithered freely through the halls.
Also known as: Malfoy Manor, the Manor, Malfoy mansion