Sir Richard provided our party of 8 from Essex with an excellent and amusing guided tour of his family home, that's been lived in by the family for 400+ years. A fascinating home!

Stopped off for a brief visit while doing the Vintage car tour.
Amazing village, picturesque, pretty, peaceful, well kept are just a few words to describe the area.
We went into the amazing little sweet shop and were met with the warmest of welcomes, this is not just a sweet shop out to sell as much as it can, a lot of thought has gone into turning the sweetshop into a step back in time, even down to the 40's music playing. We did buy a few things, and considering there is no competition in the area, everything was very reasonably priced.
It is worth a walk around the village to take in the tranquil atmosphere and enjoy the views of the hall etc. It was not open the week we were there, but would love to go back when it is, so that we can look around this fabulous building.

My wife and I drove through the village the day before and were blown away by how beautiful it was so the following day we opted to take a guided tour around the Tissington Hall family home of Sir Richard Fitzherbert.
We love castles and stately homes especially old family residences. Even better are those that are still inhabited by the family themselves so this I thought Sirtainly Fitz the bill!
We had a guide Brian who was not only very knowledgeable but also had a great, wicked sense of humour!
Immediately prior to our guided tour whilst we were queuing in the entrance foyer, a very tall upright gentleman came out to talk with us and the lady at the desk about the poor state of the grass there due to the extremely dry conditions and generally just chat with us prior to our tour. This gentleman was Sir Richard himself and the lady on the desk told us he actually conducts tours of the Hall himself and is a very accomplished tour guide. Well I suppose he might well be as he knows the house like it was his own!!!
I won't spoil the tour for you but rather tell you it is an excellent experience with some marvellous and sad family tales, intriguing history and beautiful furniture, paintings and artefacts. Most Haunted have even visited and spent the night there... again I'll leave that till you go there yourselves.
Worth every penny of the £10 entry fee.
I will go again for sure but only if I could have Sir Richard as my tour guide. I should like to ask him more about........... that would be telling!
Totally loved the afternoon.