This square is surrounded by attractive triangular-gabled houses. Along with rue de l'Apport and place des Cordeliers, which extend from it, it comprises a fine ensemble of half-timbered 15C, 16C and 17C houses with corbelled arches, porches resting on wooden pillars and old shop fronts with high overhanging windows. A number of corbelled houses can also be seen in nearby streets (rue de la Cordonnerie, rue du Petit-Pain). The cabaret singer Théodore Botrel (1868-1925) was born at n° 10 rue de la Mittrie.