Harry Potter · Location

North Tower

tower
gothic

Tallest tower in Hogwarts Castle with an open roof used for stargazing, equipped with telescopes and magical instruments.

Type: tower
Style: gothic
First appears: Book 3 · Ch. 15
Books: 2

The North Tower is one of the loftiest spires of Hogwarts Castle, first glimpsed in Prisoner of Azkaban as a soaring, open-topped tower whose heights evoke stargazing and celestial study. It is best known as the home of Professor Trelawney's Divination classroom, reached by a spiral staircase and a silver ladder through a trapdoor. Its perfumed, stuffy atmosphere becomes the backdrop for Harry's grim fortune-telling lessons, culminating in Trelawney's genuine prophecy about Voldemort's servant. By Goblet of Fire the tower is a familiar, if dreaded, stop in Harry and Ron's schedule, where invented predictions and Harry's prophetic dream of Voldemort intertwine.

History

BOOK 3Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Tallest tower in Hogwarts Castle with an open roof used for stargazing, equipped with telescopes and magical instruments.
BOOK 4Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Castle tower housing the Divination classroom.