Our Mission Statement

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.

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 maintaining the original Willow Tea Rooms Building, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, and sharing it’s heritage with the Glasgow, Scotland and the World for future generations. They also continue to commit to the advancement of education through educating the public about the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the history of the Property and the role of Catherine Cranston as a key female entrepreneur in Glasgow.