Holding in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
16 February 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company TAYLOR WOODOROW plc



2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED & SCHRODERS PLC


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

Non-beneficial interest


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

Schroder Nominees Limited 23,388,896

Chase Nominees Limited 9,508,364

Registered or to be registered in name of:

Morgan Nominees Ltd 'GRL-Crest ID: AG01' a/c 436,000
Chase Nominees Ltd 7,222,142
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P 1,788,000
Nortrust Nominees Ltd 5,179,844
Pictet & Cie 554,260
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c ECC 729,000
Chase Nominees a/c F0239 2,397,561
BT Globenet Nominees Limited A/c 6B 3,875,000
Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c GWPPCIF 679,000
RBSTB Nominees Ltd 565,000
Morgan Nominees Ltd 'A' a/c 21,000
Morgan Nominees Ltd 'B' a/c 566,546
MSS Nominees Ltd a/c : 756593 306,375
Nutraco Nominees Ltd 585,150
Chase Manhattan Bank 626,100
Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c SRC 13 119,000
Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c GWPPMPS 215,000
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c ESPSBEB 414,000
Mineworkers Pension Scheme a/c R 829,000
State Street Nominee Ltd 312,000
MSS Nominees Ltd a/c : 766653 755,000
Schroder Executor and Trustee Co. Ltd. 650,000

Sub total 28,814,978

Registered or to be registered in name of
Chase Nominees Ltd 517,966

Further holding, managed by Schroder Investment Management
North America Inc. 225,000

Total 62,455,204



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not advised

6) Percentage of issued class

N/a


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a


8) Percentage of issued class

n/a



9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

Not advised

11) Date company informed

16 February, 2001


12) Total holding following this notification

62,455,204


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

16.29%


14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

R.I. Morbey

01784 428745


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

R.I. Morbey


Date of notification 16 February, 2001