The Mackintosh Tearooms
The last of Mackintosh's tearooms for Miss Cranston, opened on Sauchiehall Street in 1903, with the Salon de Luxe, tea from 11am to 6pm and morning tours.
Halfway along Sauchiehall Street, behind a white front of small-paned windows, are the last of the tearooms Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed for Miss Kate Cranston.
She opened them in 1903, and Mackintosh worked on them with his wife, Margaret Macdonald, down to the chairs and stools. Known for years as Mackintosh at the Willow, they passed to the National Trust for Scotland in January 2024 and are now the Mackintosh Tearooms.
Each room has its own character. The Salon de Luxe upstairs, all silver, purple glass and high-backed chairs, is the jewel of the building, and his famous ladderback chairs, first made for Miss Cranston's Argyle Street rooms, stand in the front and back saloons. Tea, cake or a full afternoon tea is served from 11am to 6pm. Guided tours run each morning, and an exhibition tells the story of the people who have shaped the building since 1903.
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The tearooms serve from 11am to 6pm, last booking, and the gift shop opens from 10am.
Guided tours run at 10am and 11am, and the exhibition is open from 10am, with last entry at 5pm. For the Rooftop Terrace and the Salon de Luxe, ask the Trust for details.
- Tearooms
- 11:00 to 18:00, last booking.
- Tours
- 10:00 and 11:00.
- Exhibition
- 10:00 to 18:00, last entry 17:00.
- Where
- Sauchiehall Street, city centre.
Opening hours
Book- Monday
- 11am–6pm
- Tuesday
- 11am–6pm
- Wednesday
- 11am–6pm
- Thursday
- 11am–6pm
- Friday
- 11am–6pm
- Saturday
- 11am–6pm
- Sunday
- 11am–6pm
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ScotlandArt GalleryAn independent gallery of contemporary art on Bath Street, showing some 150 living artists, from seascapes to sculpture and ceramics.Under a mile 1 min by road
BunkerUnder a mile 1 min by road
The Tenement HouseMiss Agnes Toward's four-room Garnethill flat, kept as it was from 1911 to 1965.Under a mile 3 min by road
The NecropolisThe Victorian cemetery above the cathedral, with monuments by Thomson and Mackintosh.2 miles 6 min by road
House for an Art LoverMackintosh's design of 1901, raised at last in Bellahouston Park in the 1990s.4 miles 8 min by road
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