Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow Bbc

One woman has been on a mission to bring charles rennie mackintosh s most famous tea rooms back to life.

Willow tea rooms glasgow bbc.

Media caption glasgow businesswoman celia sinclair finally opens the willow tea rooms. The woman who ran the willow tea rooms on sauchiehall street for more than 30 years has won a legal battle to keep its name. 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. We are reopened for breakfast lunch afternoon tea and our famous home baking seven days a week.

The willow tea rooms inside was a separate business and had to relocate. 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. The sauchiehall street building was taken over by the willow tea rooms trust in 2014 and is being refurbished. Welcome back to the willow tea rooms.

Glasgow s willow tea rooms is to leave its charles rennie mackintosh designed building in sauchiehall street. Charles and camilla visited mackintosh at the willow on. The building is to close for a two year refurbishment after being taken over by the. The duke and duchess of rothesay have officially opened glasgow tea rooms based on original designs by charles rennie mackintosh.

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.