The Hanbury Arms Public House The Sassoon Mausoleum

The Sassoon Mausoleum, now known as The Hanbury Arms Public House, is located on Paston Place in Brighton and was built in 1892. This structure is designed in stucco with a tent roof made of copper and has a square plan with a wing extending to the south. It is a single storey building over a basement, inspired by the Mughal design of the Royal Pavilion.

The elevation facing Saint George's Road is mostly blank, featuring only a pilaster with a shallow trilobed-arched recess at the party wall and at the corner. A continuous cable cornice and lotus parapet runs along the top. The elevation on Paston Place includes piers with a pair of thick pilasters and trilobed-arched recesses. To the right, there is a flat-arched entrance set within an aedicule formed by a projecting section of wall, topped by a moulded trilobed arch and a machicolated parapet. Adjacent to this entrance is a lower range that contains a second entrance, which has a cornice and parapet that match the main elevations. The roof is circular in plan, supported by a low panelled drum, and is finished with metal sheets featuring rib rolls, culminating in an acanthus-leaf and urn finial similar to those on the Pavilion.

The listing also includes the three-storey, three-window range terraced house of irregular plan to the east, which is now the Hanbury Arms. Historically, Sir Albert Sassoon, who lived at No.1 Eastern Terrace, was buried here in 1896, and his son, Sir Edward, was interred in 1912. Their remains were removed in 1933 by Sir Philip, who sold the structure. During the war, it served as an air raid shelter and became part of the adjacent public house in 1953.