36 Jamaica Street, Glasgow. G1 4QD. Tel: 0141 221 2624. Crystal Palace website. The Crystal Palace opened in August 2000. This pub is something of an architectural landmark. Designed by John Baird, its iron and glass construction was inspired by Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace, a huge greenhouse-like building, the centrepiece of the Great Exhibition of […]
Wetherspoon pub
The Counting House
2 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. G1 2DH. Tel: 0141 225 0160. A Wetherspoon pub, occupying the finest bank interior in the city. Formerly the Bank of Scotland hence the name of the pub. The premises were previously owned by the Bank of Scotland. The building was designed for the bank by J T Ruchead, during […]