Torquay has about 60 churches from a wide variety of Christian
denominations. The largest congregations are those of St Matthias (Anglican)
and Upton Vale Baptist church. Central Church (United Reformed Church) has a
notable pierced screen wall facade. St Matthias's Church, Wellswood, was built
as a chapel-of-ease to St Mark's, Torwood, in the 1850s and became a parish
church in 1880. In the 1970s the churches of St Mark and Holy Trinity were
closed and in 1979 the vicar of St Matthias's became Rector of the parish of St
Matthias, St Mark and Holy Trinity.
St Saviour's Church and St Michael's Chapel are
