Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow Restoration
Willow tea room restoration launch glasgow 2016.
Willow tea rooms glasgow restoration. 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. 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. Arts and culture charles rennie mackintosh s restored willow tea room building revealed it was a birthday party with a difference. We are reopened for breakfast lunch afternoon tea and our famous home baking seven days a week.
Restoration begins on charles rennie mackintosh s famous design of miss cranston s willow tea rooms in glasgow. The willow tearooms are tearooms at 217 sauchiehall street glasgow scotland designed by internationally renowned architect charles rennie mackintosh which opened for business in october 1903 they quickly gained enormous popularity and are the most famous of the many glasgow tearooms that opened in the late 19th and early 20th century. 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. I took this footage on 13th.
The future of the mackintosh at the willow tea room is under threat just two years after its 10 million restoration. 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. Around 200 invited guests had gathered to view the restoration of. Welcome back to the willow tea rooms.
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. 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. It is the only tea room where mackintosh was in control of the exterior and the interior.