-- Headmaster's Office

-- The entrance to the headmaster's (or headmistress', depending on the era in question) office at Hogwarts is behind a statue of a gargoyle on the seventh floor. When given the proper password, the gargoyle will leap aside, and the wall behind it will split in two to reveal a spiral stone staircase that moves like an escalator. Dumbledore's password for the gargoyle always seems to have been the name of a sweet, and to have been known to the various staff members though not to the student body at large. However, the office can be sealed so that none can enter save the rightful Headmaster or Headmistress, and also can be sealed so that someone already inside cannot leave without the Head's permission.