Rocksavage
Ruins · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 53.315, -2.713
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: The house was abandoned after it passed into the Cholmondeley family early in the 18th century, and by 1782 only ruins remained.
History
Rocksavage or Rock Savage was an Elizabethan mansion in Cheshire, England, which served as the primary seat of the Savage family. The house lies in ruins, at SJ526799 in Clifton. Built in the 1560s for Sir John Savage, Rocksavage was one of the great Elizabethan houses of the county, a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house; in 1674, it was the second largest house in Cheshire. James I visited in 1617. The house was abandoned after it passed into the Cholmondeley family early in the 18th century, and by 1782 only ruins remained.