Maison Lambrette, Protected heritage property in Verviers, Belgium

Maison Lambrette is a protected heritage building in Verviers with traditional timber framing arranged in four bays across three stories. The facade is characterized by some fifty window openings distributed in multiple groupings that break up the exterior wall surface.

The house was built in 1635 by Jean Pirotte and received its current name from Martin Lambrette, a carpenter who rented it in the early 1800s. The name became so established that it stuck permanently to the property.

The house takes its name from Martin Lambrette, the carpenter who rented it in the early 19th century and whose surname stuck to the building. In the 1970s it housed a cultural centre run by a communist association. The city of Verviers now owns it, with restoration planned to create social-integration housing.

The house stands at no. 86 rue des Raines, in the lower part of Verviers' historic centre, a street lined with old dwellings. The facade is best seen from the public street; the entrance door is reached by four limestone steps between two carved stone walls. The city of Verviers owns the building and plans to restore it as social housing.

The ground-floor shop window on the left was cut into the facade in the 20th century, when the house had a commercial use; the original cellar door survives at half-level on the far right. The oak frame carries fourteen Saint Andrew's crosses in the band under the roof.