Pool Park country house is located about 4km to the south-west of Ruthin on a multi-period site with origins in the medieval period (nprn 27812). It is notable for its fine landscape park (700109), its gardens (266369) and its well-preserved kitchen garden.

The kitchen garden, dating probably from the 1820s, lies to the south-west of the house and outbuildings, and is situated on a south-east-facing slope. It is roughly inverse D-shaped and enclosed by walls of brick 2m to 4m high, largely intact. Ancient, decayed fruit trees grow against the higher walls. There is an entrance gap near the south end of the north-east side, another on the curving west side. The west wall was heated. The interior is grassed over and grazed by sheep. The layout of perimeter and two cross paths is visible in the turf and also from aerial views, especially in the south-east part of the garden. The south end of the garden is walled off to form a separate compartment for glasshouses and cold frames. Stone and brick footings of early glasshouses survive along with a modern glasshouse. Against the south-east side of this compartment is a ruinous bothy, and beneath it a vaulted basement (?potting shed & boiler house).

Sources:
Cadw Historic Assets Database (ref: PGW(C)76 (DEN)).
Infoterra (Google Maps) imagery (accessed 31.08.2021).

RCAHMW, 26 April 2022

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Pool Park Walled Garden, Efenechtyd