Windmill Hotel

The Windmill Hotel is an early 19th-century hotel located on the west side of Market Place in Alford. It features a brown brick façade that is rendered at the front and has a slate roof, hipped at one end with a single gable and wall stacks. The building stands three stories high and has a five-bay front, with the left two bays slightly projecting forward. A paired bracketed cornice adorns the top.

The entrance consists of off-centre half-glazed double panelled doors with a plain overlight, framed by a wooden Doric doorcase that has a flat projecting hood. To the right of the door are a single glazing bar sash window, and to the left are three more glazing bar sash windows. On the first floor, there are three similar windows, along with a canted tripartite oriel window to the right, featuring bordered sashes. The second floor has five smaller glazing bar sash windows.

Historically, this site was once home to the Customs Office, where Thomas Paine, the author of "Rights of Man" and "The Age of Reason," worked as an excise officer from 1764 to 1765.