Canterbury Estate

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The Canterbury Estate is an old, gothic manor house on the wix side of Mould-on-the-Wold Hplink.png. It is the home of Argyle Canterbury when the Wizengamot is in session, although he has vacation holdings elsewhere. Argyle began his career as an Auror. He's had numerous wives and children, as such the estate has had various eras of decor and purpose of the rooms. The assembled collection of what remains gives it a museum-like character.

Note:

The Canterbury Estate was originally designed by Thea; contributions from Ligeia's residence by Will

1993 to Present

Argyle was 73 when Ligeia was born, his youngest daughter. Thankfully he didn't go onto have anymore children into his 80s and 90s.

Ligeia was born with albinism, making her photosensitive and very much the indoor mouse or night owl (there's a food chain joke there somewhere) compared to the glamorous, fashion loving, travel obsessed Polka-Dot who took more after their mother Hannah. Polka-Dot was known for parading around the house in various states of undress as she worked on her model strut. The two sisters couldn't be anymore different.

Seeing her father as a 'grandfather' who worked late most days, Ligeia was incredibly dotted (spoilt) to make up for this. Argyle was also rather senile at this age and Ligeia took after his more eccentric habits (thankfully not matters of romance), especially crossbow hunting. Her own tastes trended toward the macabre and gothic romances. Despite Mould-on-the-Wold having a muggle population, Ligeia was incredibly isolated from them and further buffered by antiquated views on muggles. Once she read Edgar Allen Poe and Nathanial Hawthorne she didn't feel the need to go further.

Whenever they weren't on a family trip, Ligeia spent most of her non-Hogwarts life within the Canterbury estate. As such, she has had the most impact on the increasingly creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky aspects of manor during this era. After Polka-Dot left for a fashion career in Paris, Ligeia promised to leave her room untouched.

Current Residents

Affections from Ligeia's perspective

Papa Argyle
Ligeia
Darling Stumps - free elf, works every other day (meals with 4 hrs notice)
Precious Buzzard - vulture
Precious Yomiel - Red Cap raised cat
Dear Mother Hannah - (seasonally)
Dear Sister Polka-Dot - (seasonally)
My Personal Pogrebin Hplink.png - (unsubstantiated claim)

Former Residents

Uncle Griffon - (during RCMC posting)
Uncle Corduroy - (w/mother Delilah)

Notable Features

WIP

The following layout was used when Ligeia hosted a Class Reunion on Friday the 13th of April, 2018.

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Sponsorships

The Canterbury Estate has made the following charitable contributions:

Precious Shackles - dragon 'adopted' for Ligeia as a 6th birthday present, kept comfortable in Romania.