Holding in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
18 December 2000


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company TAYLOR WOODROW plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
Prudential 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

Shareholder named


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

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC account 14,548,905

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL account 54,900

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

n/a

6) Percentage of issued class
n/a


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
Not advised


8) Percentage of issued class
Not advised


9) Class of security
25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction
Not disclosed


11) Date company informed
18 December, 2000


12) Total holding following this notification
14,603,805



13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.81%


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 18 December, 2000