Tolbooth Steeple

The Tolbooth Steeple is a seven-story stone tower that stands on a small island at the center of Glasgow Cross. Topped by a clock and an arched stone crown, it is the only surviving piece of a larger municipal building complex that was demolished in nineteen twenty-one. Completed in sixteen thirty-four by the master mason John Boyd, the original Tolbooth once held the city’s council chambers, a courthouse, and a jail.