It's always a shame to see an old building go up in flames, as this hotel has done today:-
At least Britain still has a lot of these white stucco terraces left, and tbh they are not my favourite style.
This pic is a longshot that also shows a pretty typical seafront street in Britain. This was how architects originally responded to demand when visiting Britain´s cold coasts for pleasure first became popular (round about the 1800s I think).
As well as the cliffs of stucco terraces, they would often build a modest row of cabins/toilets/storerooms just above the beach itself, and then of course (front centre) a more frivolous, ornate building which I suppose was a nod to the sedate fun that was permissible at that straightlaced time. It was a king (George IV says wikipedia) who started that fashion, with his Royal Pavilion at Brighton:
Seafront architecture is a whole subgenre to itself. Anyone got some interesting pics?