Wayne Manor
Wayne Manor Estate (or often simply Wayne Manor) is a fictional mansion appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It is the personal residence of Bruce Wayne, Owner of the Wayne Enterprises who is also the superhero Batman.
| Wayne Manor Estate | |
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Wayne Manor in Batman vol. 3 #16 (April 2017) Art by David Finch | |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #28 June 1939 |
| Created by | Bob Kane Bill Finger |
| Genre | Superhero comics |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Mansion |
| Locations | Gotham City |
| Characters | Bruce Wayne Thomas Wayne Martha Wayne Alfred Pennyworth Dick Grayson Barbara Gordon Jason Todd Tim Drake Stephanie Brown Damian Wayne Duke Thomas Cassandra Cain Claire Clover Julia Pennyworth |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
The residence is depicted as a large mansion on the outskirts of Gotham City and is maintained by the Wayne family's butler, Alfred Pennyworth. While the earliest stories showed Bruce Wayne buying the house himself, by the 1950s at the latest, retroactive continuity established that the manor had belonged to the Wayne family for several generations. Along with serving as a personal residence, the mansion sits above the Batcave, which Batman uses as his secret headquarters. The vast majority of DC Comics references place Wayne Manor just outside of Gotham City in the state of New Jersey.
The manor acts as a home base and representation of Bruce's old wealth life, despite matching the Gothic architecture present in Gotham. For live-action films, English country house locations in Nottinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire, as well as Stevenson Taylor Hall in New York, have been used to depict Wayne Manor.
The Wayne Manor appears in the 1960s Batman television series and in films Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), in the DC Extended Universe (2016–2023) and The Batman (2022).