North-east row

The Peacock

Le Paon · Den Pauw

The façade

Modest façade in plastered and painted masonry, punctuated with strips jutting out. Decorative program with speaking signboard, year of construction and garlands of fruit and flowers.

History and restorations

Reconstruction in 1697 of a house with a wooden façade. Restoration in two phases, between 1876 and 1895; most recent restoration by the City in 2016.

Did you know

The current appearance of the ground floor is a transformation completed in 1945, which differs from its original appearance.

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

A gilded ornament set into the balustrade of Le Paon, its spread form flanked by twisted stone balusters.
A gilded ornament set into the balustrade of Le Paon, its spread form flanked by twisted stone balusters.
Le Paon on the north-east row of the Grand-Place, its scrolled gable above three storeys of gilded window bands, with a café terrace and menu boards at street level.

North-east row

Grand-Place 35 against its neighbours, all drawn to one scale and in the order you meet them standing on the square.

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 North-east rowHouses 20 to 39 39 The House of the Donkey 38 Saint Barbara 37 The Oak 36 The Little Fox 35 The Peacock 34 The Helm 29-33 The King's House 28 The Arms of the Duchy of Brabant 26-27 The Pigeon 24-25 The Golden Boat 24 The Weighing Scales 23 The Angel 21-22 Joseph and Anne 20 The Stag

Where it stands

The Peacock is marked. Every other number is a link to that building.

1 The King of Spain 2-3 The Wheelbarrow 4 The Sack 5 The She-Wolf 6 The Horn 7 The Fox 8 City Hall 9 The Star 9 The Swan 10 The Brewers House (The Golden Tree) 11 The Rose 12 Mount Tabor 12a The King of Bavaria 13 The Dukes of Brabant - Fame 14 The Dukes of Brabant - the Hermitage 15 The Dukes of Brabant - Fortune 16 The Dukes of Brabant - The Windmill 17 The Dukes of Brabant - the Tin Pot 18 The Dukes of Brabant - The Hill 19 The Dukes of Brabant - the Purse 20 The Stag 21-22 Joseph and Anne 23 The Angel 24 The Weighing Scales 24-25 The Golden Boat 26-27 The Pigeon 28 The Arms of the Duchy of Brabant 29-33 The King's House 34 The Helm 36 The Little Fox 38 Saint Barbara 37 The Oak 39 The House of the Donkey 35 The Peacock N

Guild house Civic House and shop Every number is a link. North is to the lower right.

23 building footprints from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, retrieved 2026-09-13. The 34 house numbers and their positions are the Ville de Bruxelles survey, CC BY 4.0. Six polygons carry more than one number, because several units of the survey are one building on the ground — the Dukes of Brabant is seven.