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Had a look at a house of a very similar age and construction to ours today - the entire house was full of dado panels. If that isn't an indication of rising damp, nothing is (we installed one here too for the same reason). But virtually all of the 120 year old houses around here have it, so I...

Hah - its probably not level at all (I'll bet anything there are puddles in the low spots when it rains), and it pools on all that cement and oozes into the cracks. And then can't evaporate away. Nothing insurmountable. Sounds a bit ugly though!

The damp in our house is caused by a leak in the roof above one of the internal walls, and a gutter that runs back to the house that has rusted through - this one has also eroded into the stone on the outside. Go around looking for damaged gutters if the damp is external walls and it is very...

Virtually all old (as in, really old) buildings have it. It can get quite expensive to treat, I don't think many people actually bother unless it is very bad. I'd only be offering less if its really obvious, like large amounts of paint/plaster are popping off the internal walls. The stuff is...