Sens Washhouse
Sens Washhouse is a semi-buried communal washhouse at the heart of the hamlet of Sens. Once a shared social space where villagers washed laundry and exchanged news.
Sens Washhouse is the hamlet’s traditional communal washhouse, located at the junction of local paths in Sens. It was built into the ground with stepped access and a stone basin fed by a local spring. Sens Washhouse was for generations a place of work and social exchange where village women gathered to wash clothes and share news.
Gallery of Sens Washhouse
Geographical location of Sens Washhouse
Palette Fountain
Palette Fountain is a circular stone fountain house covered by a traditional Burgundian stone dome topped with a carved finial. Its protected opening, framed with cut stone and ironwork, once provided clean water to the Palette district of Sennecey-le-Grand.
St Julien Washhouse
Saint-Julien Washhouse is a 19th-century village washhouse built of local limestone, featuring a stone basin fed by a natural spring. Its flowing water system and traditional tiled roof made it an essential communal place for washing clothes and village social life.
Old Mill Fountain
Old Mill Fountain is a square stone fountain, topped with a four-sided tiled roof supported by wooden posts. It feeds a nearby washhouse via a stone channel.