Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow Bbc

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.

Willow tea rooms glasgow bbc. 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. The willow tea rooms inside was a separate business and had to relocate. The duke and duchess of rothesay have officially opened glasgow tea rooms based on original designs by charles rennie mackintosh. Welcome back to the willow tea rooms.

The building is to close for a two year refurbishment after being taken over by the. The sauchiehall street building was taken over by the willow tea rooms trust in 2014 and is being refurbished. One woman has been on a mission to bring charles rennie mackintosh s most famous tea rooms back to life. The tea rooms are modelled on kate cranston s ingram street tea rooms from the early 1900s recreating the fabulous interiors from the white dining room and the chinese blue room.

Glasgow s willow tea rooms is to leave its charles rennie mackintosh designed building in sauchiehall street. 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. Work begins on a 10m project to restore and preserve one of glasgow s most famous buildings the charles rennie mackintosh willow tea rooms. Charles and camilla visited mackintosh at the willow on.

The original ms cranstons tea room now fully restored as mackintosh at the willow 217 sauchiehall street glasgow g2 3ex mackintosh s tea rooms on the bbc mackintosh at the willow make sure you re watching bbc2 scotland on tuesday 07th august at 9pm for the story behind the restoration.