Book rooms for Brook Whipper-In Hotel, Oakham, Rutland. In the old market square of Oakham in Rutland, Britain's smallest county, sits the 3 Star country hotel - the Brook Whipper-In Hotel. The charming Brook Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham was formerly a 17th-century coaching inn, which has been modernised but yet still retains its charm and many original features such as real log fires and original oak beams