Director Shareholding

Taylor Woodrow PLC
09 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Taylor Woodrow plc

2) Name of director

Iain Napier

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest

Shareholder

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)

John Grant (known as Iain) NAPIER

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

No

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

Exercise of share option under the Taylor Woodrow Executive Share Option Plan.
This was the first executive share option granted to Mr. Napier after he joined
the Group on 10 January 2002 and matured on the third anniversary following its
grant. Following the exercise of this option, the resulting 1,193,819 shares
were sold.

Mr. Napier also holds unvested rights to acquire Taylor Woodrow shares,
including the following:

Executive options on 432,865 shares
Matching awards under the deferred bonus plan on 221,278 shares
Conditional awards under the Performance Share Plan 142,857 shares

7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

1,193,819

8) Percentage of issued class

0.2%

9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed

1,193,819

10) Percentage of issued class

0.2%

11) Class of security

25p ordinary shares

12) Price per share
Acquisition 178p per share (on exercise of option)

Sale 300p per share

13) Date of transaction

9 March 2005

14) Date company informed

9 March 2005

15) Total holding following this notification

241,528 fully paid 25p ordinary shares.

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.041%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

N/A

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

N/A

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

N/A

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

N/A

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise

N/A

22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification

N/A

23) Any additional information

N/A

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey
0121 600 8540

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Richard Morbey
Group Company Secretary

Date of Notification 9 March 2005


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