Tolbooth Steeple
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Tolbooth Steeple
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
In 1626-1627, at the crossing of the four main medieval streets of Glasgow, the town council built a new Tolbooth (a building providing a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail).
It was overtopped by the Steeple containing the town clock and it was described as Scotland´s “most remarkable civic building of the 17th century”. The Tolbooth Steeple stood higher than the Tolbooth -7 storeys plus the crown totalling 126ft, so that the huge faces of the clock, painted blue and adorned with gold roman numerals, would be easy to read.
For centuries, the Tolbooth Steeple clock has witnessed marketplaces, proclamations and public hangings.
Nowadays, the clock tower, located on a traffic island, is the only surviving part of the Tolbooth building.
The Tolbooth Steeple is one of the oldest buildings in the city.
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March 19th, 2019
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