Eagle House, Mitcham
| Eagle House | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Eagle House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ27786924 |
| Location: | 51°24’28"N, 0°9’51"W |
| Town: | Mitcham |
| History | |
| Address: | London Road |
| Built 1705 | |
| Country house | |
| Dutch / Queen Anne | |
| Information | |
Eagle House is a Queen Anne-style house built in the Dutch style, on London Road in Mitcham, Surrey. The grounds form a triangle bounded by London Road, Bond Road and Western Road. The house is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The building dates back to 1705, having been commissioned by the Iberian-Jewish doctor Fernando Mendes (1647–1724), former physician to King Charles II, and in whose family it remained for three generations.[2]
Following the death in 1821 of the last private occupant, the widow of City banker John Bond, the property was converted into a private boarding school for young gentlemen.[3]
In the early days of the Holborn Union Industrial Schools, built in the northern part of the estate, it served as the school infirmary.
In 1933, the building was bought by the council, for the care of 'mentally deficient girls'. Since 2005, the building has been a school for children and young people with autism.
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1358013: Eagle House (Grade I listing)
- ↑ ‘Anglo-Jewish Country Houses from the Resettlement to 1800’ by Alfred Reuben, Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of Great Britain, 1981-82 (XXVIII), pp.‘20-38, at p.22)
- ↑ 'Eagle House, Mitcham',Merton Council History and Heritage
- Local newspaper, Mitcham News & Mercury, dated 16 June 1933, under the Mitcham Odds and Ends heading.