40 Grove Road, Annalong, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4XB

This is a two-storey, three-bay dwelling with a single-storey, one-bay smithy attached to its north-east gable, built between 1880 and 1899. The buildings are located in the Moneydorragh More townland, near Annalong, and are of vernacular design. Their appearance and proportions contribute to the local landscape, especially when viewed together.

The dwelling presents a south-east facing façade with a coped gable roof covered in natural slates, along with a chimney on each gable and metal rainwater goods. The walls are rendered rubble granite, painted white. A gabled porch with a recessed apex is positioned off-centre on the main facade. There are two sliding sash windows with 2/2 glazing and exposed boxes and granite sills in each bay on both floors, with a further two windows in line above. The rear elevation features 1/1 margin-paned sliding sash windows in each bay on both floors. A relatively modern lean-to shed with corrugated metal roofing and dashed walls abuts the left gable of the house.

The smithy has a pitched gable roof with artificial slates, brick verges, and an end chimney; some slates are missing. It also features walls of rendered rubble granite. A broad-boarded door is present on the front, alongside a shuttered opening to the right. A cement-rendered shed with a monopitched corrugated metal roof sits on the right gable, along with a small monopitched corrugated asbestos roof projecting from the rear wall, originally housing bellows. A fixed multi-paned window is located on the rear wall. A small, one-storey outhouse of random rubble construction with a gabled slate roof is situated to the front left of the house.

The house and smithy first appeared in the Valuation Revision Book of 1898, belonging to Bernard Killen, indicating they were likely constructed together. They are depicted on the 1900-01 Ordnance Survey map. The smithy retains internal features of interest and is still in part-time use, having historically served as a hub for the local farming community. A large, round granite hooping stone located in a field across the road was formerly used to place iron rings on cartwheels.

The buildings possess architectural merit due to their proportion and plan form, the quality and survival of their interior, and their group value. They also hold historical significance based on their social, cultural, and economic importance as a rural industrial site, and are of industrial archaeological interest.