The building of this cottage began in the 1880s and was finally completed in 1904. It was built by two brothers with stone masonry techniques learned from their father in the Shetland Islands – John and Andrew Mitchell. According to the information sign, the cottage housed John and Jessie’s family of 10 children. Andrew remained unmarried.
Our last visit was 10 November 2019 and I did my first post the next day Best Little Cottage so you can visit there for more photos – the grounds, a stone fence post, and the information sign mentioned above. Below are more photos from the same visit.
Mitchells Cottage is in Fruitlands which prior to 1915 was called Bald Hill Flat.
Central Otago, New Zealand.
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If you enjoyed this post why not take a look at SpringScapes (4) at WP blog krikitarts to see a beautiful and very recent photo of Mitchells Cottage plus photos of the amazing local scenery – schist tors and even some snow on the mountains!
Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2020)
Exploring Colour 
Stunning pictures, Beautiful post
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Thanks so much Leyla!
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What a great cottage and location. It would be wonderful to live there. And very nice shots of it too, Liz.
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Thank you Steve!
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Lovely, peaceful and cozy. Thanks Liz.
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My pleasure! Hope you’re doing ok Flower.
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Struggling forward. Thanks
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That looks like a really well-built cottage – would be great in Scotland’s weather. (Would it have seen very rough weather in NZ?) The cottage was finished just 6 years before the house that I was brought up in, so a lot of the details remind me of my old home. (Though not that superb range!) Feeling very nostalgic now… 🙂
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The cottage is well up on a hillside where I think it would’ve been subject to extreme cold in winter and gale winds. The same area is hot in summer. This is fairly close to the location where miners perished in a big blizzard in 1863 that I posted about a little while ago: https://exploringcolour.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/the-great-snow/
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So they would have been glad to live in a house that was built to withstand the weather!
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I thought I recognized the place! It’s remarkably appealing, and not only for the view.
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The gorgeous stone cottage and surrounding landscape are really special!
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Thanks for including the link, Liz. This is a very special place, and I really like you shots looking out of the windows!
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Cool!
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