List of works by Samuel Pountney Smith explained

Samuel Pountney Smith (1812–1883) was an English architect who practised in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was influenced by A. W. N. Pugin, and usually designed his churches in Early English style.

Key

Grade	Criteria
	Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
	Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
	Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Works

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Pimley Manor	Uffington, Shropshire 52.7246°N -2.7092°W		1840	New house. Now a business estate[1] and a fishery.[2] Built by the genteel[3] House of Pimley.[4]
St Peter's Church	Cound, Shropshire 52.6409°N -2.6543°W		1842	North aisle added in 1842, followed by the chancel in 1862.		I
Holy Trinity Church	Much Wenlock, Shropshire 52.5964°N -2.5571°W		1843, 1866	Added windows to the south aisle and the south chapel.		I
St Mary's Church	Harley, Shropshire 52.6095°N -2.5977°W		1845–46	Medieval church rebuilt, other than the tower.		II
Christ Church, Little Drayton	Market Drayton, Shropshire 52.8987°N -2.502°W		1846–47	With John Smith, a new church.		II
Priory Hall	Much Wenlock, Shropshire		1847–48	Built as a National School.
Library	Much Wenlock, Shropshire 52.5957°N -2.5579°W		1852	Built as the Corn Market and Agricultural Library, later a public library.		II
Hospital of the Holy Cross	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7081°N -2.7441°W		1853	Almhouses.		II
St Peter and St Paul's Church	Sheinton, Shropshire 52.6322°N -2.5768°W		1854	Restoration, including the addition of a north aisle.		II*
St Michael's Church	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.718°N -2.7461°W		1855	Remodelling of a church dating from 1829–30. Later used as a Freemasons' Hall.		II
St George's Church	Burrington, Herefordshire 52.3441°N -2.8201°W		c. 1855	Rebuilding of the nave of a church dating from the 13th century or earlier.		II
Cemetery buildings	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.6976°N -2.7597°W		1856	Comprising chapels, a porte-cochère, and flanking lodges.		II
Holy Trinity Church	Uffington, Shropshire 52.7206°N -2.7002°W		1856	New church on the site of a medieval church.		II
Buntingsdale Hall	Sutton upon Tern, Shropshire 52.8891°N -2.5148°W		1857	Addition of the north wing.		II*
St Mary's Church	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7087°N -2.7513°W		1858–70	Alterations to the east window and the roofs. The church is now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.		I
Lutwyche Hall	Easthope, Shropshire 52.5478°N -2.6557°W		1859	Remodelling of, and extensions to, a house dating from 1587 for Judge Edward Lutwyche.		II
Holy Trinity Church	Leaton, Shropshire 52.7602°N -2.7878°W		1859	A new church for John Arthur Lloyd; steeple added by Pountney Smith in 1871.		II
Hinton Hall	Whitchurch, Shropshire 52.9908°N -2.6953°W		1859	Country house for Robert Peel Ethelston.		II
Sweeney Hall	Oswestry, Shropshire 52.8318°N -3.0504°W		c. 1860	Addition of service wing to the rear of a house dating from 1805.		II
Kinnersley House	Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7014°N -2.7481°W		c. 1860	Pair of houses.		II
Morfe House	Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7012°N -2.7477°W		c. 1860	House.		II
The Limes	Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.6984°N -2.7502°W		c. 1860	Remodelling of an older house for his own use.		II
School	Church Street, Church Stretton, Shropshire 52.5376°N -2.8097°W		1860–61	Built as a National School, later used as a library and tourist information centre.
St Giles' Church	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.702°N -2.7306°W		1860–63	Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century, with enlargement of the north aisle to form a new nave.		II*
St Giles' Church	Downton, Herefordshire 52.3638°N -2.8275°W		c. 1861	New church.		II
St John the Baptist's Church	Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire 52.7936°N -2.8989°W		1861–62, 1866–68	Restoration of the chancel, and later the nave.		II
Church of the Holy Cross	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7076°N -2.7438°W		1861–63	Restoration.		I
St Mary Magdalene's Church	Battlefield, Shropshire 52.7507°N -2.7237°W		1862	Restoration of a church dating from the early 15th century. It is now redundant and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.		II*
St Andrews Church	Hope Bowdler, Shropshire 52.527°N -2.774°W		1863	Church rebuilt, re-using some older fabric.		II
St Collen’s Church	Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales 52.9694°N -3.1678°W		1864–67	Remodelling and enlargement of a church dating from 1164.		I
St Martin's Church	Preston Gubbals, Shropshire 52.7717°N -2.7546°W		1866	Partial rebuilding and enlargement of a church dating from the 12th century. Now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.		II*
Old Vicarage	Alberbury, Shropshire		1867–68
St Laurence's Church	Church Stretton, Shropshire 52.5382°N -2.8088°W		1867–68	Added west aisles to the transepts to a church dating from the 12th century.		I
St Michael's Church	Munslow, Shropshire 52.4853°N -2.7067°W		1869–70	Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century.		I
St Michael's Church	Stanton Long, Shropshire 52.5126°N -2.6327°W		1869–70	Restoration of a 13th-century church, with some rebuilding.		II*
Pale Hall	Llandderfel, Gwynedd, Wales 52.9126°N -3.5144°W		1869–71	Built for the railway engineer, Henry Robertson, on the site of an older house.		II*
Llantysilio Hall	Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales 52.9844°N -3.2059°W		1872–74	Built for the railway engineer, Charles Beyer, on a site close to an older house.		II*
Holy Trinity Church	Wistanstow, Shropshire 52.4653°N -2.8371°W		1873–74	Restoration of the chancel of a church dating from the 12th century.		II*
Corfton Hall	Corfton, Shropshire 52.46°N -2.7494°W		1874–75	Built for T. Lloyd Roberts; only part of the service court has survived.
Ferney Hall	Onibury, Shropshire 52.3928°N -2.8321°W		1875	Pountney Smith supervised its rebuilding after a fire. The house was abandoned in the 1940s, but was restored in the 2000s.		II
St Trillo's Church	Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales 52.9224°N -3.4378°W		1875–77	Almost complete rebuilding.		II
Pountney Gardens	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7018°N -2.7479°W		1876–80	A housing development.
St Mary's Church	Highley, Shropshire 52.4468°N -2.3823°W		1880–81	Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century.		II*

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Notes and References

1. Web site: H2G2.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-02-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130215091219/http://www.shropshireanglersfederation.in/new09HOME.html . 2013-02-15 .
3. Web site: A List of persons who were disclaimed as gentlemen of coat-armour by the heralds at the visitations of the various counties of England. 1888.
4. Web site: Uffington, Shropshire - genealogy heraldry and history.