Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (i)

These Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed tea rooms – for the famous Miss Cranston – were privately refurbished in the past few years but are now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland and seem to go by the name Mackintosh at the Willow, but that’s also the title of the affiliated gift shop next door.

We visited them because we hadn’t been there before but also to have lunch; which was excellent.

Sauchiehall Street was having work done on it at the time:-

The Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

 

Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

In the photo above you can make out the circular design fronting the windows. This is a close-up:-

Detail, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

The Tea Rooms’ street sign:-

The Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Internal lighting gantry:-

Lighting Gantry, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Wall frieze and partition wall below:-

Wall Design, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

The Willow Tea Rooms, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street

These window curtains help diners escape scrutiny from outside:-

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Willow Tea Rooms, Margaret Macdonald, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

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