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Blaggard and Hugh many thanks for this input . The cavity is in fact bridged with sand etc and I will need to clear it . I will also reroute the downpipes as suggested. I think I am getting a clearer picture now on the drainage side of things. If I dig out the side of the house to below...

Hi thanks for the reply, the bricks that look blue are in fact red bricks but they have been painted with bitumen paint. This was also done on the front of the house, I presume when the damp problem manifested itself inside the house as mould on the plaster. The Bitumen is pretty roughly put...

Hi folks new to the forum, any advice gladly accepted! I have just set about renovating / repairing a house I have just moved into. The front of the house and part of the side of the house had / has a damp problem. I have identified the source of the damp as a combination of the ground...

4, looking down drive towards garage from photo 3

5, corner shown in photo 1, you can see where I have lowered ground level at front of house – its now not level with drive.

2, looking at corner of wall shown in photo one, manhole shown , left pipe from gutter, right pipe from sink / shower that has now been removed. You can also see previous botch job where someone has mortared over damp proof course - presumably to stop damp ingress.

3, slightly to the right of photo 2 showing drain covered by slate tile

1 , standing at side of house looking up drive to road, wall to right of photo suffered damp on corner shown.