Category:William Ranger
William Ranger was one of the Nineteenth-Century pioneers of "advanced concrete", and was known for developing and patenting (1832 and 1834) a form of artificial Portland stone.
Ranger's Artificial Stone, a lime-based quick-setting concrete whose ingredients included lime, aggregate and hot water, was sometimes known as "Brighton cement", due to having been developed and initially used in Brighton (Ranger lived in Brighton and also worked on a number of other projects with Charles Barry before moving to London).
After trying out slabs of his new material in a garden in Brighton, Ranger went on to use it for the "Pepper Pot" tower that was part of the estate that became Queens Park, and also for the park's two grand entrances, Park Gate and Egremont Gate.
Further reading snd links:
- G. L. Symes, On the uses of Concrete as an artificial Stone, Loudon's Architectural Magazine and Journal of Improvement in Architecture, Building, and Furnishing, and in the Various Arts and Trades Connected Therewith, Volume 2, pages 62-63 (1935).
- Johanna Roethe, William Ranger and his artificial stone at Ickworth, The Georgian Group Journal, Vol. XXI pages 181–196 (2013). – pdf file
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
E
- Egremont Gate, Queens Park (empty)
P
- Park Gate, Queens Park (4 F)
