Disused seventh-floor bathroom

Gryffindor Tower Bathroom
Location information
Location	Seventh floor, Hogwarts Castle, Scotland, Great Britain
Permanent residents	Fred and George Weasley (formerly)
Affiliation	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

This disused bathroom was located on the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle and accessible through a portrait in the reading room, as well as a door on the other side of the castle. It was unused prior to 1993, by which time Fred and George Weasley had taken up residence there and set up their own shop for Gryffindor students.

History

Early history

The bathroom at some point fell into disuse and was no longer used. A crawlspace in one of the walls linked this bathroom to the Gryffindor Tower reading room. At some point, a portrait of Valeria Myriadd was installed on the Gryffindor Tower side to cover the crawlspace into the bathroom and the proper entrance was locked. The password through the portrait was "pig snout".

During Harry Potter's first year (the 1991–1992 school year), the Weasley twins' brother, Ron, told Harry about the shop. He managed to sneak into the reading room, say the password "pig snout", through the portrait of Valeria Myriadd and into the bathroom. That year, Fred and George sold a number of Famous Witch and Wizard Cards, as well as a Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans bag.

The next school year, the portrait had been replaced by a painting of Oraclitus Spheer and the password changed to "Flibbertigibbet". Once again that year, Harry Potter visited the shop. That year, the Weasley twins were selling an Alohomora spellbook, non-explodable, luminous balloons, Stink Pellets, Dungbombs, a Wiggenweld Potion phial and a number of Chocolate Frog Cards.

Fred and George's Shop

In the 1993–1994 school year, Fred and George Weasley placed a number of objects on trunks and shelves around the sinks and cast some sort of spell that caused only the objects that the buyer would like to purchase appear. They also used a secret passageway through a wall in the backroom to hide the Marauder's Map. They eventually told Harry Potter and Ron Weasley where it was and allowed them to keep the map.

Sold items

• A number of Chocolate Frog Cards
• Chocolate Frogs
• Pumpkin Pasties
• Cauldron Cakes
• Scrolls containing portrait passwords

Behind the scenes

• In the console version of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Fred and George's shop is instead located in a disused sixth-floor bathroom.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Console versions)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First appearance) (Console versions)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game), (PC version)