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.
Ruins of Rocksavage c. 1818; the octagonal towers flanked the gateway
Brereton Hall, a later house which was modelled on Rocksavage, and offers a representation of how the house once looked
Ruins of Rocksavage in 2007
Savage is an Anglo-Norman surname which was used by several English and Anglo-Irish knightly or gentry families, several of whom were politically important in England or Ireland.
The ruins of Rocksavage Primary seat of the Cheshire Savage family
Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage
Tomb of Major General Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers in the Savage Chapel at St Michael's Church Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK