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Thank you Marshman, I think that's exactly what's happening. On closer inspection I have detected some fine cracks in the parapet above the windows (it's a London roof) that match pretty much where the little damp patches are, so I guess the wet bricks are the result of prolongued leaking water...

I'd really appreciate some advice here. I have a damp problem in the upstairs bedroom of my 1881 Victorian mid terrace house. Having redecorated, I realised I had a repetitive damp area on the inside of the weather wall so I hacked back the very damp, crumbly old plaster and fill (more like...