red_kola wrote:So how does one get up this steeple?
I obviously missed that question 4 years ago ! I don't think there is any public access - I was there over the course of a couple of months during a work project I was involved in ( take a close look at the current flagpole ).
Literally, you gain access to the steeple via a bog-standard loft ladder from the floor below ( which used to be the caretaker's flat - at the time I was there it was the offices of the Scottish Mountaineering Council and housed their library ).
Hopefully I didn't post this lot at some point that I can't remember and can't find via the search function:
Looking up towards the louvres
PA150008 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Arched window
PA150005 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Higher up and looking down to the box reputedly used to catch the pendulum in event of an accident, preventing it crashing through to the floors below (?)
PA150003 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
View from the louvres; through the anti-pigeon systems solution, over the flagpole and down Hutcheson Street
PA150004 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Pendulum case?
Wood by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
That woodwork looks very old and not in the best condition?
Stairs by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Clock mechanism
Hands by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
In the Clock Room – door to the wooden steps down and window alcove to the left
Clock_Room by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Alcove window and urn. (You will spot the urns on the external views of the steeple)
PA150002 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
The same alcove from another angle
Clock_Room_2 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Redundant (?) feature in the roof of the Clock Room
PA150001 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Job Done ( the “dust” on the stair treads consists of decayed pigeon guano )
PA150007 by
vinegartom40, on Flickr
Out in the back-yard shared with the chip-shop in John Street
Hutch_Hall_Rear by
vinegartom40, on Flickr