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

WRENN ID: silent-tracery-tarn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Type: Headstone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SS 21 SE KILKHAMPTON KILKHAMPTON

4/20 Memorial to Michael Chuke - about 8 metres north of Church of St James - II

Headstone to Michael Chuke, 1679-1742. Mid C18. Stone headstone with swan-necked top. Michael Chuke of Kilkhampton was a pupil of Grinling Gibbons and carved numerous memorials in Kilkampton church (q.v.) He worked at Stowe for the Grenvilles, carving a pulpit and wainscoting in the chapel, this woodwork moved in 1739 to the private chapel of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. R Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, (1951)

Listing NGR: SS2525611359

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