The tower is located in the city center, at the beginning of the area known as Gorno Maalo, in Shtip.
Originally, the building served as a residence and a defensive beys’ tower, and in the second half of the 19th century, with the addition of an upper extension, it was repurposed as a clock tower. It has a square form with external dimensions of 6.30 × 6.30 m. The wall thickness is 1.50 m in the basement at level 1, gradually decreasing on each upper floor, so that on the top level (level 4) the thickness is 1.00 m.
Originally, the tower had a basement and three floors, separated by a wooden intermediate structure. Based on the construction method of similar buildings, it is assumed that the tower was originally covered with a wooden roof structure, covered with stone slabs, since the latest investigations did not confirm the presence of a cross vault, which is recorded in other towers built in these areas.
The building is constructed of rubble and crushed sandstone, while the corners of the tower are executed in dressed stone.
Vertical circulation, which since a later period (1934) is solved with a double-flight wooden staircase, is set on main beams. The interior wall faces are built of dressed stone and finished with horizontal wooden beams, while the arches of the niches and the window openings are made of dressed stone. In the walls on all levels except the basement, there are niches and cupboards, and on levels 3 and 4 apse-like fireplaces were built.
On the top level, on the northern, southern, and western sides there are walled-up window openings, which are set opposite the processed eastern side. Above the openings are the original arched lintels, built in the old manner.
Above the height of +11.10 m, above level 4, in 1934 the old wooden structure of the clock tower was demolished and a new one was built, which still exists today.
