Stately home to the Wayne family for over 150 years, Wayne Manor overlooks Gotham City from the wealthy Crest Hill community of Bristol Township. The mansion was commissioned by railroad mogul Jerome K. van Derm in 1855, but was unoccupied until Solomon Zebediah Wayne, Bruce Wayne's Great-great-grandfather, and his brother Joshua set up residence in 1858.

During the Civil War, the brothers Wayne hid Southern slaves in the caverns beneath Wayne Manor, an artery of the "Underground Railroad" leading to freedom in the North. The cannon that guards the Manor was a gift to Solomon Wayne from a Harvard classmate and fellow opponent of slavery.

Wayne Manor was once a hub of charity balls and Gotham glitterati, the Wayne mansion grew cold and lonely after the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne.

Domicile to the generations of Wayne's who followed, the Manor sadly fell victim to Gotham's terrible earthquake. His home damaged beyond repair, Bruce reluctantly elected to totally redesign the Manor, erecting a veritable fortress inspired by the Gothic edifices of Old Gotham architect Cyrus Pinkney. High battlements and parapets adorn the modern Manor.

The new Manor is a pastiche of Gothic architecture combined with the castle dwellings of Bruce's own Scottish and Norman roots. The Manor's foundations are composed of aggregate salvaged from the original mansion, while it's formidable turrets, shipped to Gotham stone by stone, once belonged to the 15th century Scottish keep of the MacDubh clan.

The new Manor also has rotating and adjustable solar panels on the rooftops to help provide eco-friendly power to the Manor. These panels utilize selenium solar cells for optimum efficiency, even on overcast days. There are even proximity motion-detection sensors that ring the entire Manor grounds in concentric pattern for advance tracking. Interior silent alarms are coded for defeat by only those with specific Batcave clearance.