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Newsells Park is a country house and estate at Barkway in Hertfordshire.
History
The original house, built in the late 17th century, was the family home of Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn in the early 1880s. Strathnairn was keen on horses and had an obelisk erected in memory of his favourite charger which he had ridden during the Indian Mutiny.
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, a prominent racehorse owner, acquired the house in 1926 and lived there with his family until the house burnt down during World War II. De Trafford had a new house built and continued to live on the estate, breeding famous racehorses including Alcide, who won the 1958 St. Leger Stakes and the 1959 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and Parthia, who won the 1959 Epsom Derby, until his death in 1971. The estate continues to operate as an active horse stud and, since 2000, has been owned by Jacobs Holdings AG.