VILLA GERMAINE - Avenue Reine Astrid, N°141

Overlooking the avenue, Villa Germaine is an imposing building dating from 1895. It is notable for its square tower with cut-off corners and features the characteristic elements of the Spadian villa: balconies, a gable with an overhanging truss visible from the road and a covered wooden exterior gallery. The garden features an artificial grotto and moulded cement boulders.The overhanging truss is a frame truss assembled in a triangle to support the slopes of the roof overhanging a gable. The timbers that make up the truss are often decorated with leafy motifs.