Peterstone Court

Peterstone Court is impressive on several levels. The handsome Georgian house overlooks the River Usk beneath the brooding peak of Pen-y-Fan in the Brecon Beacons National Park, a perfect location for hiking with our four-legged friends, who are made equally welcome as their owners. Inside, the place is a class act, blending eclectic contemporary style with period elegance; there's a lovely pocket-sized spa to de-stress in, and a classy pared-back contemporary restaurant with unclothed antique tables, oak floors and white walls. The team behind this polished modern country-house operation are passionate about food, starting with a thoroughly local approach that keeps food miles to a minimum - meat and poultry are bred just seven miles up the road at the family's Glaisfer farm - and handled with skill to produce intelligently-considered juxtapositions of flavour and texture. Chicken terrine might appear with pickled wild mushrooms and carrots, carrot purée and pea cress salad, then rump and braised shoulder of lamb from the family farm is teamed with garlic mash, parsnip and rosemary purée, roasted parsnip, and mint jus.