History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue des Cottages

In Dutch: Landhuisjesstraat

Rue des Cottages, in Uccle, has 120 buildings on the Atlas map, for 130 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191312
  • 1914 – 194469
  • 1945 – 196916
  • 1970 – 198918
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 160: 1913. 3 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings
Named in
1876

Des cottages désignent des habitations rustiques et champêtres. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.