Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (i)
Posted in Architecture, Art, Glasgow at 12:00 on 23 February 2025
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:-
In the photo above you can make out the circular design fronting the windows. This is a close-up:-
The Tea Rooms’ street sign:-
Internal lighting gantry:-
Wall frieze and partition wall below:-
These window curtains help diners escape scrutiny from outside:-
Tags: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow, Mackintosh at the Willow, Miss Cranston, National Trust for Scotland, Sauchiehall Street, Willow Tea Rooms








