How to make an old house warm?

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My house was built in 1920's and only has single brick walls. Despite having central heating in every room the house takes ages to warm up and never seems to retain the heat l. We have double glazing and some insulation in the loft. However we are also suffering with damp and condensation. How can I make it warmer and more energy efficient. It's cost ling me a fortune to keep warm.

This!

Currently wearing a thermal top and 100% wool jumper. And wool socks.
And now verging on too warm after cooking!!

We live in a mid terrace Victorian house. It is a very cold house - having moved from a toasty new build, we got abit of a shock.
I grew up in a Victorian house, but I don’t remember it being as cold as ours.

The front door was letting in the worse draught, so we got draught excluders. We use interlined thick curtains for the downstairs living room. We invested in 3 small oil filled radiators, we keep one on the living room, one in our bedroom & one in dcs room.
We put the heating on for an hour in the morning & the oil filled ones go on when it is especially cold for 2/3 hours in the eve.
We all wear a thick dressing gown and extra layers.

Although I love our home and it is very pretty, the sheer coldness of it makes me miss our new build, which was always warm. We hardly ever needed the heating on.

Woodburners are good for keeping the house warm, but terrible for air pollution. I'd love to have one, I don't want to contribute to air pollution and live in toxic air.