Mitchells Cottage is listed as a Category 1 historic building. It sits in a protected historic reserve in a landscape of schist rock tors against a backdrop of the Old Man mountain range.

Since becoming protected in 1980, the cottage has been restored, in keeping with its era. It is located in the Fruitlands district 27km north of Roxburgh and 13km south of Alexandra off SH8 on Symes Road.