Basic Site Details Name: | The Willow Tea Rooms | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of 1903 work: £5,402. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | 217 Sauchiehall Street | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Eating and drinking establishment | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 114-116, Sauchiehall Lane | Yes | | | 217, Sauchiehall Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1892 | | | Alterations to doorway of shop | | 1903 | 1904 | | Recasting, including redesign of façade and creation of all interiors and furnishings | | 29 October 1903 | | | Opened | | 1906 | | | Further work | | 1916 | 1917 | | Interior of the Dug-Out | | 1979 | 1980 | Alteration/conversion | Major reconstruction. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Cranston, Miss Catherine | | | Henderson, John | Client for 1892 work |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1906 | | Part 2 | | p67 (This may refer to 211 Sauchiehall Street) | | Billcliffe, Roger | 1979 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs | | Guildford & London: Lutterworth Press | pp128-38, 158, 190 and 235-8 | | Brown, Alison | 2008 | Reassessing Mackintosh's Design for the Willow Tea Rooms | 94 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Journal, Winter 2008 | | | Brown, Alison | 2008 | The Willow Tea Room Doors | 94 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Journal, Winter 2008 | | | Crawford, Alan | 1995 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | | London: Thames and Hudson | pp92-114 | | Howarth, Thomas | 1977 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement | Second Edition | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd | pp136-47 | | Robertson, Pamela and Johnston, J Stewart | 1996 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | exhibition catalogue | Glasgow: Glasgow Museums | pp263-89 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p241 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33173 | | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book (also for 1906 work) | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 1/1899 |
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