This 126 ft tall , early 17th century tower , is all that remains of the Glasgow Tolbooth , which was built 1626-1634 by architect & Master of Works - John Boyd. There used to be a Town Clerk’s Office, council chamber & a debtor’s prison surrounding it, but they were all demolished in the 1920s , leaving only the 7 storey steeple, topped by a working clock, and a stone crown. Amazing to think that it’s dominated Glasgow Cross for 4 centuries.

There are certain places where there is a distinct feeling of the contemporary meeting it's very elderly relative. The Tolbooth Steeple in Glasgow is precisely one of those places. In the middle of a busy road junction, with thousands of people milling around and more cars whizzing around than bees near a honeypot, stands the Steeple. Sturdy, timely and watching over the city just as it has for 400 years. Impressive, beautiful, grandiose, very much worth seeing.

This amazing structure stands in the middle of a busy high street at a 4 way traffic light junction. It's made up of differing sized small boulders and has a blue and gold clock face on all 4 of it's sides. On one of it's sides the stone looks a lot newer than the other 3 so it may have been restored in the past. At it's peak there are little turrets on each corner with gold leaf flags upon them. There's also a gold leaf wind compass to it's very top.