As one of the grandest homes in one of Edinburgh’s most sought-after postcodes, Benarty House in Colinton will have been coveted from the other side of its manicured hedgerows by many a passerby over the past 107 years. And yet opportunities to buy the six-bedroom, 5,120 sq ft Edwardian mansion have been rare since it was completed in 1916 to a design by the locally renowned architect John Jerdan; the home is considered to be his finest work. The owners, a retired couple who brought up two