As in drawings 4 to 6, drawings 7 to 10 are presentation drawings of three variant designs shown to Hon. J.J. Hamilton on 18 February 1789. Drawings 7 to 10 show design No I. Drawings 11 to 14 show design N^os II and III.

In comparison to design N^o I, design N^o II (drawings 11 to 13) has the proposed wing pushed back so that it is even with the entrance front of the existing house. As in design N^o I, an enfilade is retained from the circular room to the entrance hall; this design, however, offers a communication from the picture room to the breakfast room rather than through the library. In response, the library projects on the south front and its chimney-piece is on the east wall.

In comparison to design N^o I, the first floor in design N^o II has the same number of dressing rooms and bedrooms and the same corridor inserted in the existing house. The rooms in the attic are made one foot longer and one foot narrower to fit into the wing's altered dimensions.

Design N^o III for the ground floor is on drawing 14. The drawing takes elements from designs I and II, having a breakfast room that projects in two bays on the south front (as in N^o I) but with the round picture room moved forward so as to be entered through the breakfast room (as in N^o II). The library chimney-piece is on the south wall of the room. This arrangement provides an enfilade that stretches the entire length of the building.

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