The elegant mansion at number 15, guarded by two kind lions, is comfortably located on Khlebny Lane. It was designed in 1909 for the young merchant Vladimir Nazarovich Gribov by architect Boris Mikhailovich Velikovsky, who was an adherent of the classical style. The architect likely drew inspiration from the most beautiful Moscow Empire-style mansion of Prince Gagarin on Novinsky Boulevard, built by Osip Bove after the Moscow fire of 1812.
The Gribov mansion features an asymmetrical composition characteristic of Art Nouveau. To the right is the grand main entrance with an Empire-style portico consisting of eight pairs of Ionic columns. Above the cornice is a semicircular window in a wide frame with classical ornamentation, and above it, a light triangular pediment. To the left, a semicircular volume, decorated with pilasters, resembles the Gedeonov mansion on Manezhnaya Street, another Empire masterpiece of Moscow. The building's stucco decor is diverse and magnificent: bas-reliefs on ancient themes adorn the facade, while the cornices and window sills are embellished with ornaments. The construction of the mansion was completed in 1911 by civil engineer Alexei Nikolaevich Milyukov. Art historians note that the mansion turned out to be extraordinarily elegant and attractive.
Vladimir Nazarovich Gribov, along with his brothers, owned a factory producing paper, silk, and woolen goods, as well as the trading house 'N.F. Gribov and Sons.' They also owned several income-generating houses in Ogorodnaya Sloboda near Chistye Prudy. After the 1917 revolution, the Gribov family left Russia.
After 1917, the mansion on Khlebny Lane housed the military topographic administration, then a regular school, and later a 'party school.' Since the post-war period, it has been the residence of the ambassador and the military attaché's office of the Kingdom of Belgium. The interior decoration of the mansion, done in the style of classicism of the second half of the 18th century, has been preserved and restored. The ceiling is adorned with paintings depicting ancient graces in oval plaster medallions, and the walls are decorated with stucco garlands. The metal fence with gates has remained almost in its original form.
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