Jan 6, 2019 1:07:09 GMT
Post by Severus Snape on Jan 6, 2019 1:07:09 GMT
In the village of Falstone near the England/Scotland border is a small side alley developed for a few generations as a wizarding street. Hidden along side the Old School Tea Rooms, it is a quiet area well insulated from local sounds by high walls and ivy. Maintained by the Selwyn family, it is a very private area heavily warded and much like another world compared to the village. A small door in the wall allows access to the street (not visible to muggles) for those who wish access to the area. It is only usable by those who live in the Lane due to saturation magic so possibly another access in emergency.
Six homes along it are carefully concealed from the muggle world and allow these families to have some connection without long travel. Originally founded by the Selwyn family nearly a hundred years ago, they own Number One Woodcroft Lane. Entrance to the Lane is hidden except for an unusual floo entrance, an old horse carriage along the street. Individuals can also appirate into this spot, but the rest of the lane (including floo access) is warded against magical travel. Most people in this particular area prefer appirating.
Number One Woodcroft Lane has a door leading directly into a foyer. There are only two doors here, one right and one left. To the left is the living room and upstairs access, to the right is her father's Office. Since the house is used mainly as a home, the office space is for more family records and banking then business itself and thus is not often occupied. Straight ahead in the foyer is a fireplace to heat this area with a half-bath tucked around the corner. Around the other far end is a door into the dining area on the back of the house structure.
The living room space is small and more family sitting room then expansive. The stairs wind up to (Guest room on the front overlooking the Lane. The stair itself accepts visitors led by a family member during a visit, but anyone returning would need another lead or be propelled out the top of the second floor into the Lane proper. The courtyard itself is half grass and half gazebo, a delightful place through most of the spring and summer times. The family often uses this as their living room in nice weather. Hidden from the air by the Lane's illusion and restrictions, there is no broom access at all.
The formal dining room is tall framed with windows allowing in a lot of sunlight from the front side of the Lane (near the back of the Tea Rooms) and a very steady breeze when opened. This room seats six easily and leads directly into the kitchen at the back of the house, tucked in behind the living room space. The kitchen has views from another part of the village not found in the Lane to show weather easily. A breakfast table in the middle of the room is one of the few private family areas and where one of the house elves takes care of house service from a cabinet leading under the back stairs from here (an actually sizable space nearly the size of a full bath).
The back stair connects the back part of the house with a door in the kitchen itself. This leads directly to the children's rooms (third floor) with the parents on the second floor. Any except family attempting to use these stairs (which is the only way to access the third floor) will find themselves standing in open air outside and falling onto the Lane's stone. A family member can held the hand of a visitors to get them upstairs, but they would be only able to access where they are taken. A house elf couple maintain the grounds, Lane, and house service from under the stairs which connect from here to the Kitchen & office doors. The second floor bath is a pair back to back between guest and family areas with no access between the two sides of the house.
The third floor contains three sets of bedrooms, the oldest brother's Bedroom on the front, Dahlia's in the middle across from the Upstairs bath (smallest with narrow window), and the younger brother's Bedroom overlooking the courtyard. In this same hall is a large painting on the wall which is a family artifact which allows one to step into a Mexican Cenote without leaving the house.