2 Dandy Row, Lenaderg, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4NP

Two-storey single-bay mid-terrace mill workers house built around 1868. The building forms part of a terrace of five dwellings erected off Huntley Road adjacent to the junction with Lurgan Road, approximately one and a half miles north of Banbridge. It has a square plan with a rear return.

The building has been extensively altered, resulting in significant loss of character and original detailing. The pitched roof is covered in natural slate with clay ridge tiles and a rendered chimney. The walls are finished in roughcast cement render. Windows and doors are modern replacements: timber top-hung casement windows and a replacement timber door of no architectural interest. Rainwater goods are uPVC.

The principal elevation faces north and is asymmetrically arranged, with the front door positioned to the left and a single window to the right, with a first-floor window directly above. The left gable is abutted by the adjoining building. The rear elevation comprises a uPVC window to the first floor on the right. A two-storey lean-to return abuts the rear elevation to the left, itself abutted by a lower corrugated iron roofed lean-to with blank exposed section. The right gable is abutted by the neighbouring building. The return's right cheek had casement windows to the first floor centre and right.

The house is part of a terrace running perpendicular to the main road, accessed via a private track that terminates at the former school building (now derelict). A small enclosed yard lies to the rear. Immediately to the east and south are associated historic buildings forming part of a cluster group.

The terrace was built by William and John Smyth as part of the Milltown industrial settlement, first established in 1820 when John Smyth (1798-1890) purchased a corn mill and erected extensive bleaching and finishing works. Beside the bleach works he built Milltown House around 1825. John Smyth & Co became by 1839 the largest bleaching and finishing works on the Bann, producing 40,000 pieces of cloth per year. Three of John and Anna Smyth's twelve children later formed William Smyth & Co Ltd, which expanded to employ more than 250 people. The railway connections to Scarva (1859) and Lisburn (1863) facilitated the transport of goods and business expansion. In 1857 the Smyths acquired the Bannville Beetling Mill, and by that time had customers worldwide including the USA, Italy, Russia and Germany. An iron foundry was established in 1876 for the company's own needs and local light engineering. By 1886 the bleach works and bleach greens covered 220 acres, powered by water with steam auxiliary and six iron water wheels.

The buildings first appear in the Annual Revision fieldbook (1864-1878) as newly-built vacant kitchen dwellings valued at £2 10 shillings. They were unfinished at that time and, with the addition of returns, were revalued in 1868 at £4 each. By 1868, most houses were occupied, with John Smyth Senior as initial landlord, later William Smyth & Co Ltd. The first occupier of number two was James McGovern (1868), followed by Henry Wilson (1902), Samuel Bleakley (1906), and Robert Craig (1910). The 1901 census records Henry Wilson, aged 74, a beetler in the nearby works, living with two daughters, a son-in-law (also a beetler) and two grandchildren. By 1911 Robert Craig, a retired bleacher, occupied the house with his wife of 43 years; they had two surviving children from seven births. Subsequent occupiers included Ellen Craig (1921), George Forsythe (1936) and Aubrey McKinney (1942). The First General Revaluation (1933-34) lists the houses as old cottages in fair condition with accommodation comprising three bedrooms, a kitchen and scullery, rented at 2 shillings 8 pence per week.

The mill produced linen until the 1940s. The company entered voluntary liquidation in 1945 after being taken over by the Irish Bleachers' Association under their redundancy scheme. The factory buildings were demolished in the 1950s. The house continues in use as a dwelling.

The primary architectural interest lies in its relationship with adjacent buildings and its significance to the social and industrial development of the area. However, it is not among the best examples of its type and has been compromised by alterations affecting the remainder of the terrace.