Eagle House, Wimbledon

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Eagle House
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Eagle House, Wimbledon
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General information
TypeResidential
Architectural style Jacobean
Location Wimbledon, London, England
Coordinates 51°25′33″N0°13′10″W / 51.4259°N 0.2195°W / 51.4259; -0.2195
Completed1613
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameEagle House
Designated1 June 1949
Reference no. 1193286

Eagle House is a Grade II* listed [1] house in Wimbledon, London. The house was built in 1613 for Robert Bell who was among the founders of the East India Company. [2] Built in the Jacobean style, much of the original exterior was brick, although little of it is visible on the exterior today.

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History

The house has hosted numerous notable figures throughout its time, in the 17th and 18th centuries passing hands variously between the Marquesses of Bath, William Pitt's foreign ministers, and a Lord Grenville who would frequently host his cousin, the Prime Minister, at the house.

The house's ownership was then transferred to that of a Thomas Lancaster who in 1790 transformed it into a school. In 1860, Dr Huntingford took over the school bringing the stone eagle from his previous school and placing it atop the house, giving it its current name. [3]

In 1887 the house was bought and restored by architect Thomas Graham Jackson who extended the property. [4] The house would further be used as a military academy and cultural centre before falling into disrepair in the 2000s and finally being restored and split into flats. [5]

Other notable residents are said to include Arthur Schopenhauer who is commemorated in a blue plaque there. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ancient House, Non Civil Parish – 1190795 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Eagle House, Non Civil Parish – 1193286 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1995). The London encyclopaedia (Rev. ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 246. ISBN   978-0-333-57688-5.
  4. ↑ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002), London. 2: South / by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.), Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, p. 455, ISBN   978-0-300-09651-4
  5. ↑ Spittles, David (30 July 2018). "Grand Jacobean manor house in Wimbledon converted into luxury homes". The Standard. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Eagle House – Building – London SW19". www.buildington.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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