Fron Cottages lie in a wooded valley on the northeast bank of the Nant Gwynllyn, about 1km west of Rhayader, immediately adjacent to the remains of Fron (woollen) Factory (nprn 420597) on the northwest. The pair of cottages are stone built, two storeys under a pitched slated roof and retain most of their original features.

Sources: G. Tucker, Watermills of Radnorshire, in Melin, the Journal of the Welsh Mills Group, vol. 5 (1989), p.43 and plate 15;
G.W. Ridyard, Supplementary notes on the water mills of Radnorshire - part IV, in Melin, the Journal of the Welsh Mills Society, vol. 13 (1997), pp.83-86 and plates 13 & 14; Field visit B.A.Malaws & W.J Crompton 09 November 2014.

B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 11 November 2014.