Interior Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow

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Interior willow tea rooms glasgow.

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. Miss cranston sold her tea rooms when her husband died in 1917 and the willow and the other three tea. 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 willow tea rooms in glasgow scotland. The site chosen for the tea rooms was at the middle of glasgow s most fashionable street. Browse our full willow tea rooms menu including breakfast light bites soups mains our traditional afternoon tea. Kids free from menu available.

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. The building is from 1903 and it s just amazing to know that for this building the architect had complete control over the design from the exterior to the interior and even the cutlery and waitresses dresses. 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. Glasgow g1 3hf telephone 0141 204 5242.

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. 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. 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. Sauchiehall means alley of willows and the theme of young willows both naturalistic and metaphorical was used throughout the building the willow tea rooms were also notable as being the only ones where mackintosh was able to design the exteriors as well as the interiors.

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. Mon to fri 9am 5 00pm sat 9am 6 30pm sun 10 00am 5 30pm email. Buchanan street tea rooms.