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I'm perhaps getting myself confused.
I was very surprised to learn that parts of the house are as old as 1820, as it doesn't look this old externally or internally, and it has been clearly extended fairly recently (single storey with flat roof and skylight to the rear, then loft conversion). The interior and windows are also pretty modern. The surveyor said that they suspect it might have actually originally been 2 separate houses that were joined at some point. Looking at the floor plans, I think they might be right. There's a very thick wall down the middle of the ground and 1st floor, suggesting this might originally have been 2 terraced houses.
The EPC certificate makes reference to both solid walls and cavity walls. However, the survey says "the outside walls are of solid brick construction without cavity".
It was my presumption that whichever walls are original would be solid brick, but the newer walls (definitely at least the rear extension) would be cavity walls. Am I wrong in my presumption?