The Church of St Peter and St Paul is an active Anglican church in the village of Langham, Rutland. It is in the Deaconry of Oakham, the Deanery of Rutland, the Diocese of Peterborough, and is one of the ten churches in the Oakham Team Ministry.^[1][2]

Most of the church dates from the late 13th to the mid-14th century, with some 15th-century alterations, and is built in a largely early Perpendicular style. It was designated a Grade I listed buildingStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. in 1954.^[3]

Architecture

The church consists of a west tower and spire, naveCentral part of a church, used by the laiety. with aislesPart of a church on either side of the nave or choir, separated from them by arcades, colonnades or piers. More generally, a passageway between seats in an auditorium, shelves in a supermarket and so on. and clerestoryUppermost range of windows in the wall of a church, or a row of windows above eye-level., chancelPart of a church containing the altar, used by the officiating clergy. and south transeptPart of a Christian church crossing the area between the nave and the chancel, forming a characteristic cruciform shape.; the north transept was demolished in 1802. It is mostly ashlarMasonry of squared and finely cut or worked stone, commonly used for the facing of a building.-faced.^[3]

The east window has stained glass by J. N. Comper, who also did the glass in the south transept window in 1908. An incised slab in the transept dated 1532 depicts two praying figures, John Dickenson and his wife, and their children below.^[3]