We have two yurts… a Mongolian yurt, or ‘ger’ – which in Mongolian means ‘home’, and a Bentwood yurt, or ‘oba’ which originates from the region of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It is called a bentwood yurt as the roof timbers have been steamed and ‘bent’ to attain a higher ceiling and thus appears more rounded than the ‘ger’.

Both have been used as a nomadic home for hundreds of years and quite understandably so – the design is simple and yet extremely effective.

They are both situated in a woodland environment, not too far from all amenities, and are made from local ash and oak trees which have been worked to produce the trellis walls (khana), the roof poles (uni), the crown (tono) and the door. The Mongolians would use felt to cover the framework but we’ve used a 12 oz canvas which allows plenty of light in. This is anchored down with manilla rope.

With floorboards and a woodstove it has quite a different atmosphere than the tipi – a little more luxurious but just as cosy and furnished with slated pine beds covered in foam and futons, trunks for storing items, a low table, soft lighting and lots of sheepskins and cushions

Cooking can be done on the wood stove, a calor gas stove or on an outside fire. Both yurts have an area outside of them where you can have a log fire.