Miss Cranston's Willow Tearoom is located in Sauchiehall Street - a name derived from "saugh" the Scots word for a willow tree and "haugh" the word for a meadow (which was later corrupted into "hall"). Originally, it was a winding, narrow lane, with villas standing in gardens of about an acre or so. It was widened in 1846 and is now a mile-long, broad street, running in straight lines, from Buchanan Street in the east to Kelvingrove and the Museum and Art Galleries in the west.
Sauchiehall Street always had a good number of tearooms for the benefit of thirsty shoppers and the most famous was Miss Cranston's "Willow Tea-Rooms" (matching the name of the street). The premises were designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. While the ground floor is now a jeweller's shop (selling "Mockintosh" souvenirs) the first-floor "Room de-Luxe" has been carefully restored and many of its original features remain although all the furniture is, of course, reproduction.
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