Octagon Tower

The Octagon Tower was one of the many towers of Hogwarts Castle.^[1] It was located to the left of the Viaduct Entrance and was connected to the Stone Bridge.^[2] The Potions Classroom was located at the bottom of the tower^[3] and a hall on the first floor led to the Stone Bridge.^[4] It was one of the four towers surrounding the Viaduct Entrance, along with the Second-floor girls' lavatory tower and the right Viaduct tower.

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Potions Classroom[]

Main article: Potions Classroom

The Potions Classroom was where Potions classes were taught. The classroom used to be squared-sized, very large, with large tables and windows.^[5] From 1995-onwards, the classroom was of an oval shape and relatively smaller, with small work tables.^[6] In 1996, the classroom was extended, adding space for more work tables.^[7]

First-floor corridor[]

Leftviaducttowerfloor1 — First Floor of the tower

Main article: First-floor corridor

The first-floor corridor passed through this tower before the Stone Bridge.

Behind the scenes[]

The tower is enlarged in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and again in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Although the Potions Classroom is located in this tower below the ground floor, the size of the interior set from later films is far larger than the tower's area and diameter, and some of its windows in every side of the plus-shaped room cannot line up with the tower's windows. This makes it impossible to accurately include the Potions Classroom's location here in a 3D model of the castle. However, this can be easily explained by Magic.

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Hogwarts Castle
Towers
Astronomy Tower · Bell towers · Boathouse Bell Tower · Central Tower · Clock Tower · Dark Tower · Faculty Tower · Founders' Tower · Greenhouse tower · Gryffindor Tower · Headmaster's Tower · Hospital tower · Hufflepuff Duelling Turrets · Lookout Tower · Marble Staircase Tower · Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom tower · North battlements · North Tower · Octagon Tower · Pepperpot · Quidditch tower · Ravenclaw Tower · Right Long Gallery tower · Small Locked Tower · South Tower · Suspension Bridge towers · The Quad battlements · The Tower · Training Grounds tower · Turris Magnus · Turris Medius · Upper Hall tower · Viaduct Courtyard Gatehouses · West Tower · West Tower battlements
Portraits, statues and other artwork located in the towers
Albus Dumbledore · Armando Dippet · Affpuddle of the Cheerful Countenance · Valeria Myriadd · Dexter Fortescue · Dilys Derwent · Oraclitus Spheer · Fat Lady · Niamh Fitzgerald · Sir Cadogan · Slytherin knight · Hufflepuff lady · Heliotrope Wilkins · Severus Snape · Phineas Nigellus Black · Vulpus · Quentin Trimble · Limebert · Ravenclaw bust · Ravenclaw lady · Rowena Ravenclaw · Walter Aragon · Quidditch player · Professor · Female etiquette teacher · Gryffindor lady · Gryffindor man · Gryffindor man · Gryffindor man · Gryffindor seeker · Red-haired witch · Young maiden · Vase with flowers · Group of women in crinolines · Pangur Donn · Sinister-looking monks · Winged horse

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[1] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (See image)

[2] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)

[3] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

[4] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

[5] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)

[6] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

[7] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)

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