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you really should be using aquapanel around the bath / shower area.

If you batten the walls for fixing the aquapanle/board you can infill the batten spacing with polystyrene sheet insulation material. it may help reduce the cold spots. Also easier to batten if its only a temporary fixing dot and dab will be a pain to get off the brickwork.

I'm working on a similar project. My plan of attack is: Walls would be best battened and covered with moisture resistant boards which can just be taped and filled at tapered edge joints. You can then paint direclty on to the boards with a decent bathroom paint. Aqua panel over bath area...

Thanks for the info. Will hopefully get it all coverd with paint and tiles within a couple of weekends. Am considering not skimming the MR board but just taping & filling the joints/corners. Am I ok to paint direct with a decent bathroom paint?

I'm planning over a weekend to refit a bathroom stud wall with Moisture board and and use Aquapanel in areas above the back and side of the bath (over bath shower to fit). I'm not sure I'll get these walls covered(tiled/painted) before other half wants to use the bathroom for the week days...