Hermitage Drive in Morningside is a much-sought after address, but the houses that line the leafy road are mostly traditional. But Cluniehill, towards the middle of the thoroughfare, is a contemporary take on a large city home, set in a beautiful and secluded garden.

Cluniehill was designed and built in 2007 by Bryan and Jill Sherriff. He recalls: “We didn’t plan to build, but the plot became available and, as we are both surveyors, we could see the potential.”

There was a house already on the corner site, which was originally part of the grounds of the adjacent Lord Provost’s property. Jill says: “It was a tiny wee house, dating from the late-’50s or ’60s but it didn’t make the most of its location.”

Prestige property: Contemporary amid the classics