Miss Cranston S Tea Rooms

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Miss cranston s 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. Miss cranston s buchanan street tearooms 1896 by charles rennie mackintosh. 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. With the opening of her art tea rooms miss cranston was the first to offer men and women a beautiful and cheerful place to meet in a city where industrialization was making life of people more and more difficult and grim.

Our tea rooms are open daily monday to saturday 9am to 5pm and sundays 10am 5pm. 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. King mcgaw has an extensive collection of art prints by established and emerging artists which are all framed by hand in the uk. 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.

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

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.