Steeple chase

No, not that kind but the four steeples (towers) within a 10 minute walk around the High Street in Glasgow.
From the left
Merchants' Steeple: Completed 1665. The tall tower of the Merchants' Steeple is all that remains of the Merchants Guild Hall and Hospital, built 1659 and demolished in 1817. The tower, which formerly adjoined the S wall of the tall 2-storey Merchant's House was later incorporated into the 1873 Fish Market. A listed

Tron Steeple: 1630-36. 4-stage square section tower, standing independent of the John Adam replacement to it's original church. Tower pierced at ground by Tudor arches opened in 1855 by John Carrick, architect. A listed

Tolbooth Steeple: Tall early 17th century tower, only surviving fragment of Glasgow's Tolbooth, built 1626-1634 by John Boyd, architect and Master of Works. The Tolbooth was demolished in 1921. A listed

St Andrew's in the Square Church: Alan Dreghorn, architect, 1739-1756. The design for this important and striking church is based largely upon James Gibb's London masterpiece of St Martin-in-the-Fields (1722), and it heralds a new style for large scale classical church design in Scotland. A listed

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