Fourqueux

Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a "bassin" now serving as rain-water well, part of the heating system of the Villa Collin in Fourqueux. The source states that the arrangement and shape of the stonework may suggest that this is a former baptistery font recycled later for a more practical use. Villa Collin was built in 1891 by the architect Émile Vaudremer, assited by his pupil Charles Duval, for the watch-maker and jeweller Armand Collin. Vaudremer was a disciple of Viollet-le-Duc. There are several Greek Orthodox themes which appear throughout the house, therefore it is quite possible that the well in question may indeed have been inspired in Eastern baptisteries, but not becessarily be a real one. [NB: the information noted above is from the Le patrimoine[...] source]. An object in the cellar of the villa noted in Monumentum [https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa78000001/saint-germain-en-laye-villa-collin] [accessed 6 May 2025] as: "un curieux édicule abritant une source, en pierre de taille et de forme quadrilobée" may be the same referred to in Le patrimoine[...] source above.