North-west row

The Wheelbarrow

La Brouette · Den Cruywagen

The façade

Façade composed of 4 registers in antique style, and finished with a baroque gable. Decorative program consisting of a house emblem, the year of construction, and the statue of Saint Gilles, patron saint of the guild in a niche at the top of the gable.

History and restorations

Reconstruction in 1696-1697, integrating part of the stone façade from 1644 (Architect Jan Cosyn). Restoration in 1894-1913, with the gable reconstructed; most recent restoration by the City completed in 2015.

Did you know

On the right, an alleyway leads to houses around a courtyard located inside the block of houses.

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

La Brouette at the centre of the north-west row of the Grand-Place, its gilded cartouches lettered 't Vettewariers Huys and Den Cruywagen above the café awnings, with Le Roy d'Espagne beyond it to the right.

North-west row

Grand-Place 2-3 against its neighbours, all drawn to one scale and in the order you meet them standing on the square.