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Occupants of Eagle House
I've only positively identified it on the 1881 & 1891 census returns. While I was in Tingewick I was working on the 1851 census & who-lived-where but I can't find any notes on it now. Maybe they will turn up later! 
1847, 1854, 1864, 1869, 1877 Kelly's Directory: in this early period, prominent 'gentry' & residents didn't have their addresses listed: however if you find names for any of these periods then Kellys might help to decide when they arrived & left. Likewise the Post Office Directory
1881 census:
9b/57: Lower St Eagle House occupied by
Hannah J. Gray (51) widow of Rev Wm Gray late Vicar of Sudbury Harrow born Monaghan Ireland
unmarried daughters Beatrice (17) born Clifton, Gloucestershire
and Ethel (15) born City of London
and son Charles (7) born Sudbury Harrow
visitor Mary A.J. Thorpe born St Ives Huntingdonshire
and unmarried Annie T. Braggins (33) Domestic Servant born Syresham
1883 Kelly's Directory: no entry, but Mrs Gray listed with no house
1887 Kelly's Directory: no entry but John Barber listed with no house
1891 census:
6a/32: Main St Eagle House occupied by
John E. Barber (38) Sergeant Major of 4th Hussars Norwich
wife Catherine (28) born Cahir, Ireland
nephew Bernard J. (4) born Edinburgh
visitor Lily F. Parish (10) born St George's East, London
1891 Kelly's Directory: no entry? - John Barber listed with no house.
1895 Kelly's Directory: no entry? - John Barber listed with no house.
1899 Kelly's Directory: no entry? - no John Barber - Mrs Greaves (see below) occupied The Laurels
1903 Kelly's Directory: no entry? - Mrs Greaves occupied The Laurels
1907 Kelly's Directory: Greaves Mrs. Eagle house
1910 rates assessment:
ref 116 House & land called Eagle House 2a 0r 7p
owned & occupied by Hannah Greaves
1911 Kelly's Directory: Greaves Mrs. Eagle house
1915 Kelly's Directory: Greaves Mrs. Eagle house
1920 Kelly's Directory: Mashiter John, Eagle house
1928 Kelly's Directory: Mashiterr John, Eagle house
1931 Kelly's Directory: Mashiter Misses, Eagle house
1935 Kelly's Directory: no entry?
1939 Kelly's Directory: McDowall Charles Kenneth B.A. Eagle house
I wonder what Mrs Gray was doing in such an out-of-the-way spot! She had another daughter, Constance Emilie, who married a Benjamin Nickels Jnr in Tingewick Church in June 1880:
3 June 1880 at Tingewick
Benjamin NICKELS SIG. JUNR of full age bach Analytical Chemist of
Seaforth, [Illegible]
son of Benjamin Nickels, Analyst;
&
Constance Emilie GRAY of full age spin of Tingewick
dau. of
William Gray, Clerk.
Witnesses: Cecil Augustus Munn, Beatrice
Charl. Gray.
In September 1881, their daughter was baptised in Tingewick:
04/09/1881 Constance Beatrice Helen dau. Benjamin & Constance Emilie Nickels Jr of London, Gentleman
I haven't been able to find Constance & Benjamin on the 1881 census (I have the Mormon CD set) but Benjamin's father was in Willesden, Middlesex with the rest of his family:
Dwelling: Cavendish Rd Stanmore Villa
Census Place: Willesden, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 1341330 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1362 Folio 42 Page 20
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Benjamin NICKELS M 50 M St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Rel: Head Occ: Analytical Chemist (Scientc ...)
Jane C. NICKELS M 46 F Walworth, Surrey, England
Rel: Wife Wallace C. NICKELS U 21 M Mitcham, Surrey, England
Rel: Son Occ: Student
Percy W. NICKELS U 19 M Stratford, Essex, England
Rel: Son Occ: Student
Catherine Jane NICKELS U 17 F Lea Bridge Road (DN)
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Florence V. NICKELS 15 F Brixton, Surrey, England
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Lilian A. NICKELS 13 F Bath, Somerset, England
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Evelyn M. NICKELS 11 F Hackney, Middlesex, England
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Ethel W. NICKELS 9 F Hackney, Middlesex, England
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Can't reveal much about the 1891 occupiers, either - presumably John Barber was at the Barracks at the foot of Stowe Avenue in Buckingham? Haven't found him or his wife on the 1881 census - perhaps posted abroad?
Between 1903 & 1907 Hannah Greaves seems to have moved from The Laurels (next-door-but-one) to Eagle House. She was the widow of Richard Proctor Greaves who owned & farmed Grove Hill and died between 1887 & 1891. It may well be that his father owned the farm before him.
Hannah was born around 1836 at Broughton in Oxfordshire. As far as I know they had no children.
See also: Listed Buildings Commission details