Whatever you do, don't tell Walter Roberts you admire his mock Tudor house.

The former architect has spent nearly four years fulfilling his lifelong dream by painstakingly designing and hand crafting the only faithful recreation of a Tudor home in Britain.

"Even my wife thinks I am slightly mad but I love the Tudor period of our history and can't think of anything better than living like a Tudor gentleman," said the 69-year-old, who started out as a carpenter.