Miss Cranston Willow Tea Rooms

The name sauchiehall is derived from saugh the scots word for a willow.

Miss cranston willow tea rooms.

Charles rennie mackintosh had been born in glasgow in 1868 and when kate cranston first commissioned him to design the wall murals of her buchanan tearooms he was only 28. Celia was inspired by pioneering glasgow businesswoman miss cranston who in 1903 commissioned the young and still largely unknown mackintosh to design the luxurious cutting edge tea rooms with. With a selection of loose teas and freshly ground coffees freshly made cakes scones soups and sandwiches there s plenty to choose from all enjoyed in the stunning historic surroundings designed by charles rennie mackintosh for miss kate cranston. 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.

Welcome back to the willow tea rooms. 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 street and surrounding area are part of the new town of blythswood created largely by william harley of blythswood square in the early 1800s. Our tea rooms are open daily monday to saturday 9am to 5pm and sundays 10am 5pm.

The willow tearooms opened at 217 sauchiehall in october 1903. The location selected by miss cranston for the new tearooms was a four storey former warehouse building on a narrow infill urban site on the south side of sauchiehall street. Located at 215 217 sauchiehall street the original willow tearooms building has undergone an extensive restoration in a bid to return the building to its former glory of when it originally opened in 1903. 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.

We are reopened for breakfast lunch afternoon tea and our famous home baking seven days a week. 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. 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. This was the beginning of a long partnership between them.