Miss Cranston S Tea Rooms Sauchiehall Street

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 s tea rooms sauchiehall street.

The name sauchiehall is derived from saugh the scots word for a willow tree and haugh meadow. The team at the willow tea rooms view our menus at buchanan street inspired by the works of charles rennie mackintosh the tea rooms are modelled on kate cranston s ingram street tea rooms from the early 1900s. The name sauchiehall is derived from saugh the scots word for a willow. Celia bought the remains of the old willow tea rooms building on sauchiehall street to save it for glasgow and had a grand vision to reopen in time for mackintosh s 150th birthday in 2018.

Inspired by the works of charles rennie mackintosh the willow tea rooms at 97 buchanan street is the place to go when out and about in the city centre. 215 217 sauchiehall street glasgow g2. Our tea rooms are open daily monday to saturday 9am to 5pm and sundays 10am 5pm. 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.

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. 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. All enjoyed in the stunning historic surroundings designed by charles rennie mackintosh for miss kate cranston. The original ms cranstons tea room now fully restored as mackintosh at the willow 217 sauchiehall street.

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. Our exhibition space will open from early september and will tell the story of miss cranston the rise of the tea rooms and the collaboration with charles rennie mackintosh. 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.