North-east row

The Helm

Le Heaume · Den Helm

The façade

Façade with 3 registers, with restrained ornamentation, and a gable with inverted consoles in the Baroque style. Decorative program with speaking signboard and two bas-reliefs illustrating the work of arms manufacture, inspired by 17th century originals.

History and restorations

Reconstruction after 1695 of a house with a wooden façade, attributed to Pieter Van Dievoet. Restoration in 1879 and in 1916-1923; most recent restoration by the City completed in 2016.

Did you know

This was the last house to be restored during the major campaign of the 19th century. Due to the First World War, the work was not completed until 1923, when 70 years of effort were finally brought to a close.

The sections above are the city's own survey text, Ville de Bruxelles / Data Management, CC BY 4.0.

Le Heaume on the north-east row of the Grand-Place, gilded festoons across its upper storeys and a terrace under parasols below, with the King's House at the right edge.