Miss Cranston S Tea Rooms Ltd
King mcgaw has an extensive collection of art prints by established and emerging artists which are all framed by hand in the uk.
Miss cranston s tea rooms ltd. 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 willow tearooms opened at 217 sauchiehall in october 1903. 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.
We are reopened for breakfast lunch afternoon tea and our famous home baking seven days a week. Miss cranston s tea rooms see 1 449 traveller reviews 439 candid photos and great deals for glasgow uk at tripadvisor. Welcome back to the 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.
Catherine cranston 27 may 1849 18 april 1934 widely known as kate cranston or miss cranston was a leading figure in the development of the social phenomenon of 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. 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. This was the beginning of a long partnership between them.
She is nowadays chiefly remembered as a major patron of charles rennie mackintosh and margaret macdonald in glasgow scotland but the name of miss cranston s tea rooms lives on in reminiscences of glasgow in its heyday. 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. 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. 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 name sauchiehall is derived from saugh the scots word for a willow.