The Clipper, Exmouth blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: The Clipper. Formerly East India House. In the late 18th Century the site was used as a Tea Warehouse by the East India Company. They used the route from Exmouth to London by coach and horses: this being quicker than passing through Bristol. At that time tea was a scarce and valuable commodity: the quicker it reached the markets the higher the price. After 1810, when the 'Tea Bubble' burst, the premises became a high class grocer's shop. In 1955, the full licence was taken up, the premises becoming Leonard's Bar. Now modernised and renamed it returns to its associations with the tea trade. Recorded plaque organisation: Exmouth Society.

The Clipper in Exmouth served as a Tea Warehouse for the East India Company in the late 18th Century, facilitating faster delivery of valuable tea to London markets; it later transitioned through various uses including a high-class grocer's shop and a bar, but retains ties to its historical role in the tea trade.