It's been a longtime coming but we're delighted to be able to launch our special tactile tour for blind and deafblind visitors! It's been an absolute revelation to plan the touch-based tour as it turns out this building is full of incredibly tactile objects. Starting in the main tearooms there's the baldaccino, the fireplace and sconces, the ceramic tiles, the chairs, the linen walls, the stencilwork and the stained glass. Upstairs in the Salon de Luxe of course the main focus are the outstanding leaded glass kimono doors, but let's not forget the coat stands, crockery, window handles and of course more original stained glass! We finished off in the Billiard Room, where Miss Cranston's silk dress and Mackntosh's wool coat proved big hits for dressing up, and the tea smelling station added that extra sensory experience to round off the visit.

Thanks so much to Deafblind Scotland for visiting and for Flynn and Sia, the VIP guidedogs, for helping to guide visitors through the building and let us pet them. Who doesn't love a guidedog?!