Interior Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow

Mackintosh worked with cranston from 1897 to 1917 in all four of her glasgow tea rooms including the ingram street tea rooms and argyle street tea rooms.

Interior willow tea rooms glasgow. Miss cranston sold her tea rooms when her husband died in 1917 and the willow and the other three tea. Catherine cranston 27 may 1849 18 april 1934 widely known as kate cranston or miss cranston was a leading figure in the development of tea rooms she is nowadays chiefly remembered as a major patron of charles rennie mackintosh and margaret macdonald in glasgow scotland the name of miss cranston s tea rooms lives on in reminiscences of glasgow in its heyday. The venue was the original willow tea rooms building at 217 sauchiehall street first opened in 1903 and the architect responsible was of course charles rennie mackintosh. Whether you re treating yourself to one of our decadent champagne afternoon teas or a simple pot of tea and home baked scone we re ready to serve you safely at the tearooms.

Kids free from menu available. Located at 215 217 sauchiehall street the original willow tearooms building has undergone a sensitive and authentic restoration in a bid to return the building to its 1903 glory. Welcome back to the willow tea rooms. Now that the trust have succeeded in restoring the building to its former glory it continues to focus its effort on the advancement of the arts heritage and culture by.

With a 200 seat restaurant across 3 floors and a variety of beautiful spaces each with their own character and unique design including the front and back saloons on the ground floor the gallery the billiard room and the. The centerpiece of this extraordinary room was the gesso panel by margaret macdonald entitled o ye all ye that walk in willow wood based on a poem by dante gabriel rossetti which can now be seen in kelvingrove art gallery museum glasgow. Mackintosh at the willow operates as a not for profit social enterprise creating training learning employment and other opportunities and support for young people and communities. The willow tea rooms trust was established in 2014 as a charity with the aim of acquiring miss cranston s tea rooms at 217 sauchiehall street glasgow the building is now in ownership of the trust.

The willow tearooms are tearooms at 217 sauchiehall street glasgow scotland designed by internationally renowned architect charles rennie mackintosh which opened for business in october 1903 they quickly gained enormous popularity and are the most famous of the many glasgow tearooms that opened in the late 19th and early 20th century. Mon to fri 9am 5 00pm sat 9am 6 30pm sun 10 00am 5 30pm email. 44 0 141 332 0521 tea willowtearooms co uk. The original willow tea rooms building visit our beautiful tea rooms in this internationally recognised a listed building.

We are reopened for breakfast lunch afternoon tea and our famous home baking seven days a week. Contact the willow tea rooms.