Anglo-Saxon architecture consisted mainly of wooden structures like straw huts and one-room houses facing the sun. The largest building was the hall where the village chief resided with warriors, and often oxen resided at one end. Churches had distinctive features like long and short quoins, double triangle windows, and herringbone stonework with narrow arches. Village design was influenced by the environment as buildings used local materials like wood, turf, or stone and were built near water for defense and weather resistance with few windows.