The wash-house is located on the banks of the River Aube, on the edge of the promenade de l'entre deux eaux, which gives it a very bucolic atmosphere. It features a washing basin where washerwomen would kneel to wash their clothes. This pleasant walk, in the shade of centuries-old lime trees, runs between the River Aube, on the left, and its deferential canal, on the right. Originally, it served as a millstream for the mill located within the abbey walls, hence its name "Promenade d'Entre-deux-eaux". It is quite likely that this bench was built at the same time as the mill, the stones of which seem to date back to the 13th century, but there is no evidence of its use as a "promenade" at this early date. It seems more likely that it was originally used as a path to maintain the mill canal. The very beginning of the promenade was originally used as a monumental entrance to the abbey church and to the abbey from the guest house (Le Lion d'Or). The lime trees that can be seen today are remarkable and quite impressive in terms of the size of their trunks. The oldest were planted in 1735 and were 265 years old in 2000.|This "Promenade d'Entre-deux-eaux", now a listed site by decree of 11 October 1963, was once sung by the local poet-literator André THEURIET of the Académie Française: "The sun, already slanting, lengthened the shadows of the lime trees on the Promenade d'Entre-deux-eaux and a golden shiver ran across the surface of the jumping river" ("Sauvageonne").
Lavoir de l'Entre Deux Eaux (1) à Auberive
