The façade
Façade occupying one side of the square, imposing basement on 2 levels and half-buried cellars, giant order spanning the two upper floors, monumental cornice and balustrade in front of the mansard roof. In addition to the general program (or scheme) of the façade, dedicated to the Dukes of Brabant, the house emblem and 2 cartouches depicting tools used by the profession. Pediment modified in 1770 by Laurent-Benoît Dewez, with an allegory of Prosperity.
History and restorations
Reconstruction in 1696-1698 in the place of a row of already unified brick houses from 1441 built on the site of a medieval fortified house (Architect Willem De Bruyne). Restoration in 1881-1892 and 1986-1990.
Did you know
A cannonball from the bombardment of 1695 remains embedded in the cellar masonry.
The sections above are the city's own survey text, Ville de Bruxelles / Data Management, CC BY 4.0.
South-east row
Grand-Place 16 against its neighbours, all drawn to one scale and in the order you meet them standing on the square.
Where it stands
The Dukes of Brabant - The Windmill is marked. Every other number is a link to that building.
Guild house Civic House and shop Every number is a link. North is to the lower right.