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The Roman heating system was called a hypocaust. How did Romans heat their homes?Rich Romans liked to be warm and cosy. They had central heating at home, in villas and in public baths. The heating system was kept going by slaves, who kept a fire blazing in a furnace to heat warm air. The warm air moved around the building through spaces under the floors and between the walls.
The walls of Anglo-Saxon houses were made of wood and sometimes wattle-and-daub. Wattle-and-daub is made by weaving together small wooden branches to create a wall.Mud, straw, horse hair and cow or horse dung is mixed together and then smeared on the walls. Once this dries it is like plaster and can even be painted.nglo-Saxon houses would have had a hearth for the fire for cooking and warmth. There were no chimneys so the smoke went out through the roof and houses tended to be very smokey. Furniture would have been made of wood. They would have had beds with straw or feather mattresses. Benches and tables for eating and sitting.