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    Aug 11, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS HOLLY FARRELL
    PHOTOGRAPHS
    BRITT WILLOUGHBY DYER

    Peta, Countess of Darnley, gestures to the Herefordshire countryside all around her: “There are no chimney pots.” Muddy green fields and hills, hedgerows and trees lit up with all the colours of autumn, yes, but no chimney pots. “There’s no one around, and no passing trade,” she explains, “so we have to be a destination restaurant, cooking in a way that stands out on the national stage.” And, indeed, that is what they are doing. On the Darnleys’ Netherwood Estate they have established Pensons, a restaurant that within a year of its opening in 2019 had gained a Michelin star and much critical acclaim, with restaurant reviewers and customers alike continuing to rave about the food, under the stewardship of head chef Chris

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