Resort hotel beside old abandoned vicarage (4)
I believe the answer is:
hove
'resort' is the definition.
(seaside resort)
'hotel beside old abandoned vicarage' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'beside' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'abandoned' means to remove the middle letters (middle letters abandon or vacate the word).
'vicarage' with its centre taken out is 've'.
'h'+'o'+'ve'='HOVE'
(Other definitions for hove that I've seen before include "Resort near Brighton" , "Came into view" , "Sailor's raised" , "Resort adjoining Brighton" , "south coast location" .)