Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey – Sacristy
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- On screen
- Snape's Potions classroom
- Where
- Lacock, Wiltshire
- Time & access
- National Trust: ticket or membership.
In the film
Snape’s first Potions lesson, where he singles out Harry.
History in brief
Lacock Abbey was founded as an Augustinian nunnery in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury. After the Dissolution it became a country house, where William Henry Fox Talbot made pioneering photographs in the 1830s.
The place today
One of the vaulted medieval rooms off the cloister.
Always check opening times, access rules and travel advice before you go.