FONTAINE DU BREUIL

This charming washhouse, built in 1850, has an original shape, with a regular octagonal impluvium, reminiscent of the inner courtyards of Roman villas. The building features eight five-metre-wide sections of wall, covered with flaked tiles. The roof slopes are supported by eight cast-iron columns connected to the pool, at the center of which stands a truncated column. Spring water gushes from this central column through a swan?s beak. The walls are fitted with niches for the washerwomen?s accessories. On the floor, the sloping paving was designed to facilitate water run-off, and a kneeler was placed around the basin for greater comfort when washing clothes. The choice of this harmonious architecture, unusual in the region, allowed light to enter, rainwater to be collected in the basin and work to be carried out sheltered from the elements and the sun. An arched doorway closed by a grille looks out towards the village, while in the distance opens up a bucolic landscape of fields and forests.

DATAtourisme France