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The Riddle House

    Below, you will find some excerpts from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that contain descriptions and information about The Riddle House.

    "[The Riddle House] stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of it's windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Once a fine looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, a unoccupied."

All three Riddles were found dead in the drawing room of the Riddle House.

    "Frank Bryce was the Riddles' gardener. He lived alone in a rundown cottage on the grounds of the Riddle House."

"The front door of the Riddle House bore no sign of being forced, nor did any of the windows. Frank limped around to the back of the house until he reach a door almost completely hidden by ivy, took out the old key, put it into the lock, and opened the door noiselessly.
    He let himself into the cavernous kitchen. Frank had not entered it for many years; nevertheless, although it was dark, he remembered where the door into the hall was, and he groped his way toward it, his nostrils full of the smell of decay, ears pricked for any sound of footsteps or voices from overhead. He reached the hall, which was a little lighter owing to the large mullioned windows on either side of the front door, and started to climb the stairs, blessing the dust that lay thick upon the stone, because it muffled the sound of his feet and stick.
    On the landing, Frank turned right, and saw at once where the intruders were: At the very end of the passage a door stood ajar, and a flickering light shone through the gap, casting a long sliver of gold across the black floor. Frank edged closer and closer, grasping his walking stick firmly. Several feet from the entrance, he was able to see a narrow slice of the room beyond. The fire, he now saw, had been lit in the grate."