article_snippet: Ambitious farmer, Charles Cole, 49, has hand-built a primitive wooden roundhouse in Devon, which comes complete with a six-ton thatched roof to protect guests from rain.
article_snippet: Mr Cole had dreamt of creating the B&B since Mr Cole was a teenager, after watching a BBC documentary of a small community recreating an Iron Age settlement.
article_snippet: Mr Cole made the decision to make Mr Cole dreams a reality and created Upcott Barton using materials found purely on Mr Cole farm.
article_snippet: Mr Cole said: 'You have in the back of your head a little dream that is there all through your life. '
article_snippet: the walls were made by Mr Cole and Mr Cole
article_snippet: All the furniture in the roundhouse was made from Mr Cole 214-acre farm.
article_snippet: All members of the family helped out on the project, which had been Mr Cole dream since Mr Cole had been a teenager .
article_snippet: The painstaking reconstruction of an Iron Age roundhouse was achieved by Charles Cole in the heart of the Devonshire countryside .
article_snippet: Charles Cole's cobbled the doorway, (right), to create an attractive welcome to the property .
article_snippet: Charles Cole wanted to turn back the clock for guests .
highlights_snippet: Since he was a teenager, Charles Cole dreamt of turning back the clock to create an authentic roundhouse .
  