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If it normally has a sofa in front, then @Howard 's condensation suggestion seems most likely - cold wall, sweaty room, no airflow, mouldy walls.
Otherwise, you'd need to be looking behind the skirting and plaster, below the floor, and under the gravel in front.
NotThamesWater
Happy to lift some floorboards if you want to look underneath