List of works by Samuel Pountney Smith

Samuel Pountney Smith (1812–1883) was an English architect who practised in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.^[1] He was influenced by A. W. N. Pugin, and usually designed his churches in Early English style.^[2]

Key

Grade	Criteria[3]
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 / 52.7246; -2.7092 (Pimley Manor)	—	1840	New house.[4] Now a business estate[5] and a fishery.[6] Built by the genteel[7] House of Pimley.[8]	—
St Peter's Church	Cound, Shropshire 52.6409°N 2.6543°W / 52.6409; -2.6543 (St Peter's Church, Cound)		1842	North aisle added in 1842, followed by the chancel in 1862.[9][10]	I
Holy Trinity Church	Much Wenlock, Shropshire 52.5964°N 2.5571°W / 52.5964; -2.5571 (Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock)		1843, 1866	Added windows to the south aisle and the south chapel.[11][12]	I
St Mary's Church	Harley, Shropshire 52.6095°N 2.5977°W / 52.6095; -2.5977 (St Mary's Church, Harley)		1845–46	Medieval church rebuilt, other than the tower.[13][14]	II
Christ Church, Little Drayton	Market Drayton, Shropshire 52.8987°N 2.5020°W / 52.8987; -2.5020 (Christ Church, Market Drayton)	—	1846–47	With John Smith, a new church.[15][16]	II
Priory Hall	Much Wenlock, Shropshire	—	1847–48	Built as a National School.[17]	—
Library	Much Wenlock, Shropshire 52.5957°N 2.5579°W / 52.5957; -2.5579 (Library, [Much Wenlock)	—	1852	Built as the Corn Market and Agricultural Library, later a public library.[18][19]	II
Hospital of the Holy Cross	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7081°N 2.7441°W / 52.7081; -2.7441 (Hospital of the Holy Cross, Shrewsbury)		1853	Almhouses.[20][21]	II
St Peter and St Paul's Church	Sheinton, Shropshire 52.6322°N 2.5768°W / 52.6322; -2.5768 (St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sheinton)		1854	Restoration, including the addition of a north aisle.[22][23]	II*
St Michael's Church	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7180°N 2.7461°W / 52.7180; -2.7461 (St Michael's Church, Shrewsbury)	—	1855	Remodelling of a church dating from 1829–30. Later used as a Freemasons' Hall.[24][25]	II
St George's Church	Burrington, Herefordshire 52.3441°N 2.8201°W / 52.3441; -2.8201 (St George's Church, Burrington)		c. 1855	Rebuilding of the nave of a church dating from the 13th century or earlier.[26]	II
Cemetery buildings	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.6976°N 2.7597°W / 52.6976; -2.7597 (Shrewsbury Cemetery)		1856	Comprising chapels, a porte-cochère, and flanking lodges.[27][28]	II
Holy Trinity Church	Uffington, Shropshire 52.7206°N 2.7002°W / 52.7206; -2.7002 (Holy Trinity Church, Uffington)		1856	New church on the site of a medieval church.[29][30]	II
Buntingsdale Hall	Sutton upon Tern, Shropshire 52.8891°N 2.5148°W / 52.8891; -2.5148 (Buntingsdale Hall)		1857	Addition of the north wing.[31][32]	II*
St Mary's Church	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7087°N 2.7513°W / 52.7087; -2.7513 (St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury)		1858–70	Alterations to the east window and the roofs. The church is now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[33][34][35]	I
Lutwyche Hall	Easthope, Shropshire 52.5478°N 2.6557°W / 52.5478; -2.6557 (Lutwyche Hall)	—	1859	Remodelling of, and extensions to, a house dating from 1587 for Judge Edward Lutwyche.[36]	II
Holy Trinity Church	Leaton, Shropshire 52.7602°N 2.7878°W / 52.7602; -2.7878 (Holy Trinity Church, Leaton)		1859	A new church for John Arthur Lloyd; steeple added by Pountney Smith in 1871.[37][38]	II
Hinton Hall	Whitchurch, Shropshire 52.9908°N 2.6953°W / 52.9908; -2.6953 (Hinton Hall, Whitchurch)	—	1859	Country house for Robert Peel Ethelston.[39][40]	II
Sweeney Hall	Oswestry, Shropshire 52.8318°N 3.0504°W / 52.8318; -3.0504 (Sweeney Hall, Oswestry)		c. 1860	Addition of service wing to the rear of a house dating from 1805.[41][42]	II
Kinnersley House	Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7014°N 2.7481°W / 52.7014; -2.7481 (Kinnersley House, Shrewsbury)	—	c. 1860	Pair of houses.[43][44]	II
Morfe House	Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7012°N 2.7477°W / 52.7012; -2.7477 (Morfe House, Shrewsbury)	—	c. 1860	House.[45][46]	II
The Limes	Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.6984°N 2.7502°W / 52.6984; -2.7502 (The Limes, Shrewsbury)	—	c. 1860	Remodelling of an older house for his own use.[46][47]	II
School	Church Street, Church Stretton, Shropshire 52.5376°N 2.8097°W / 52.5376; -2.8097 (Library, Church Stretton)	—	1860–61	Built as a National School, later used as a library and tourist information centre.[48]	—
St Giles' Church	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7020°N 2.7306°W / 52.7020; -2.7306 (St Giles' Church, Shrewsbury)	—	1860–63	Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century, with enlargement of the north aisle to form a new nave.[49][50]	II*
St Giles' Church	Downton, Herefordshire 52.3638°N 2.8275°W / 52.3638; -2.8275 (St Giles' Church, Downton)		c. 1861	New church.[51]	II
St John the Baptist's Church	Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire 52.7936°N 2.8989°W / 52.7936; -2.8989 (St John the Baptist's Church, Ruyton-XI-Towns)	—	1861–62, 1866–68	Restoration of the chancel, and later the nave.[52][53]	II
Church of the Holy Cross	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7076°N 2.7438°W / 52.7076; -2.7438 (Church of the Holy Cross, Shrewsbury)		1861–63	Restoration.[54][55]	I
St Mary Magdalene's Church	Battlefield, Shropshire 52.7507°N 2.7237°W / 52.7507; -2.7237 (St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield)		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.[56][57][58]	II*
St Andrews Church	Hope Bowdler, Shropshire 52.5270°N 2.7740°W / 52.5270; -2.7740 (St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield)		1863	Church rebuilt, re-using some older fabric.[59][60]	II
St Collen’s Church	Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales 52.9694°N 3.1678°W / 52.9694; -3.1678 (St Collen's Church, Llangollen)		1864–67	Remodelling and enlargement of a church dating from 1164.[61][62]	I
St Martin's Church	Preston Gubbals, Shropshire 52.7717°N 2.7546°W / 52.7717; -2.7546 (St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals)		1866	Partial rebuilding and enlargement of a church dating from the 12th century. Now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[63][64][65]	II*
Old Vicarage	Alberbury, Shropshire	—	1867–68	[66]	—
St Laurence's Church	Church Stretton, Shropshire 52.5382°N 2.8088°W / 52.5382; -2.8088 (St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton)		1867–68	Added west aisles to the transepts to a church dating from the 12th century.[67][68]	I
St Michael's Church	Munslow, Shropshire 52.4853°N 2.7067°W / 52.4853; -2.7067 (St Michael's Church, Munslow)		1869–70	Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century.[69][70]	I
St Michael's Church	Stanton Long, Shropshire 52.5126°N 2.6327°W / 52.5126; -2.6327 (St Michael's Church, Stanton Long)		1869–70	Restoration of a 13th-century church, with some rebuilding.[71][72]	II*
Pale Hall	Llandderfel, Gwynedd, Wales 52.9126°N 3.5144°W / 52.9126; -3.5144 (Pale Hall, Llandderfel)	—	1869–71	Built for the railway engineer, Henry Robertson, on the site of an older house.[73][74]	II*
Llantysilio Hall	Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales 52.9844°N 3.2059°W / 52.9844; -3.2059 (Llantysilio Hall)	—	1872–74	Built for the railway engineer, Charles Beyer, on a site close to an older house.[75][76]	II*
Holy Trinity Church	Wistanstow, Shropshire 52.4653°N 2.8371°W / 52.4653; -2.8371 (Holy Trinity Church, Wistanstow)		1873–74	Restoration of the chancel of a church dating from the 12th century.[77][78]	II*
Corfton Hall	Corfton, Shropshire 52.4600°N 2.7494°W / 52.4600; -2.7494 (Corfton Hall)	—	1874–75	Built for T. Lloyd Roberts; only part of the service court has survived.[79]	—
Ferney Hall	Onibury, Shropshire 52.3928°N 2.8321°W / 52.3928; -2.8321 (Ferney Hall)		1875	Pountney Smith supervised its rebuilding after a fire. The house was abandoned in the 1940s, but was restored in the 2000s.[80][81][82]	II
St Trillo's Church	Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales 52.9224°N 3.4378°W / 52.9224; -3.4378 (St Trillo's Church, Llandrillo)		1875–77	Almost complete rebuilding.[83][84]	II
Pountney Gardens	Shrewsbury, Shropshire 52.7018°N 2.7479°W / 52.7018; -2.7479 (Pountney Gardens, Shrewsbury)	—	1876–80	A housing development.[85]	—
St Mary's Church	Highley, Shropshire 52.4468°N 2.3823°W / 52.4468; -2.3823 (St Mary's Church, Highley)		1880–81	Restoration of a church dating from the 12th century.[86][87]	II*

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