38 And 39, Chapel Street

38 and 39 Chapel Street is a building in Buckfastleigh, originally a Golden Lion inn, converted into flats around 1820. It features a stuccoed exterior with an asbestos slate roof that has a gable at the right end and a half-hip at the left end, along with a rendered shaft for the rear left stack. The building has a largely double-depth rectangular plan, although the original internal layout is not clear due to the conversion. The right end, No.38, may be older, as its windows are set lower in the front wall.

The exterior has three storeys and an asymmetrical five-window front with a modillion eaves cornice. To the right, there is a recessed half-glazed 19th-century timber door with flush panels, and a second half-glazed door is located to the left of centre. The ground-floor windows consist of three wide late 19th-century tripartite horned sashes, with a four-pane window in the centre flanked by two-pane windows. On the first floor, there are five windows: four early 19th-century hornless sashes with 16 panes, and one that is a horned replacement. The second-floor windows are timber sashes with eight over four panes, most of which are 20th-century replacements.

Inside, No.39 has been re-partitioned, while the roof features pegged A-frame trusses with halved apexes and significant 20th-century strengthening. No.38 is single depth, and the interior is plain.