Memorial to Michael Chuke About 8 Metres North of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Memorial to Michael Chuke About 8 Metres North of Church of St James
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SS 252 113
- Coordinates
- 50.87524, -4.48514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a memorial to Michael Chuke, located about 8 metres north of the Church of St James in Kilkhampton. The headstone dates from the mid-18th century and features a swan-necked top. Michael Chuke, who lived from 1679 to 1742, was a pupil of the renowned sculptor Grinling Gibbons and created several memorials within Kilkhampton church. He also worked at Stowe for the Grenvilles, where he carved a pulpit and wainscoting for the chapel; this woodwork was later moved in 1739 to the private chapel of Stowe in Buckinghamshire.
Local climate
Memorial to Michael Chuke About 8 Metres North of Church of St James sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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