common room(n = noun.artifact) - a sitting room (usually at school or university);
is a kind of front room, living-room, living room, parlor, parlour, sitting room

   a room, usually at a school or university, set aside for the common use of everyone. It usually has comfortable chairs for reading or conversation, and some provision for obtaining refreshments. [WordNet 1.5]

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