The Hanbury Arms Public House the Sassoon Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Mausoleum, public house. 1 related planning application.

The Hanbury Arms Public House the Sassoon Mausoleum

WRENN ID
crumbling-nave-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Mausoleum, public house
Address
The Hanbury Arms Public House the Sassoon Mausoleum, Paston Place, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN2 1HA
OS grid reference
TQ 326 037
Coordinates
50.81779, -0.1189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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.

Local climate

The Hanbury Arms Public House the Sassoon Mausoleum receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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