This charming wash-house, built in 1850, has an original shape, with a regular octagonal impluvium, reminiscent of the courtyards of Roman villas. The building is made up of eight five-metre-wide sections of wall, and is covered in shingled tiles. The slopes of its roof are supported by eight cast-iron columns connected to the pool, in the centre of which stands a truncated column. The spring water gushes out of 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 make the water run off more easily, and a kneeler was placed around the basin to make washing more comfortable. The choice of this harmonious architecture, uncommon in the département, 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 door closed by a gate looks out towards the village, while in the distance a bucolic landscape of fields and forests opens up.
Fontaine du Breuil de Montigny-le-Roi
