Washhouses

Non-potable water


Washhouses were meeting places where the women came to wash, rinse and dry the linen. Their architecture was often very simple : pillars with a low wall and a tiled or slated roof.


Washhouse-fountain of Diusse (Vic-Bilh)

DIUSSE

Washhouse-fountain

 

Washhouse-fountain, of 1901, with a tub and a drinking trough in stones, roofed in saddle in tiles Picon.

Fountain with protected stony kiosk.

Near the church. 



Washhouse of slaughterhouses, Garlin (Vic-Bilh)

GARLIN

Washhouse of slaughterhouses

 

At the edge of Téoulère, near the old slaughterhouses (1934).



Washhouse of the coast of Gayon, Lalongue (Vic-Bilh)

LALONGUE

Washhouse of the coast of Gayon

 

Washhouse of “the coast of Gayon” built in 1850 and renovated in 2013.

2 ponds : one to wash the linen and the other to keep the water.


Washhouse of the coast of Gayon, Lalongue (Vic-Bilh)

LEMBEYE

Washhouse of the Peyrailles

 

Impressive rectangular washhouse of the end of the 18th, completely restored in 2016, covered with tiles on a superb oak framework.

 



Washhouse of Quintaà, Portet (Vic-Bilh)

PORTET

Washhouse of Quintaà

 

This public washhouse, built in 1859 and renovated, is visible on the D130 below the chateau Quintaà.


Washhouse "La Houn des Vignes", Portet (Vic-Bilh)

Washhouse "La Houn des Vignes"

 

Situated beneath the village road, the well-head and semicircular washhouse has been renovated.



Washhouse of Lacoste, Séméacq-Blachon (Vic-Bilh)

SEMEACQ-BLACHON

Washhouse of Lacoste

 

Washhouse with 3 basins : a drinking trough, one to keep the water, and one for the washerwomen.


Washhouse of Tambourre, Séméacq-Blachon (Vic-Bilh)

Washhouse of Tambourré

 

Washhouse with 3 basins : a drinking trough, one to keep the water, and one for the washerwomen.