Holding in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
7 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 20,189,896

Chase Nominees Limited 9,508,364

Registered or to be registered in name of:

BT Globenet Nominees Ltd a/c 6B 3,650,000
Chase Nominees Ltd 7,222,142
Chase Nominees Ltd FO2391 2,397,561
Pictet & Cie 544,260
Morgan Nominees Ltd 'A' a/c 16,000
Morgan Nominees Ltd 'B' a/c 357,546
MSS Nominees Ltd a/c : 756593 286,375
MSS Nominees Ltd a/c : 766653 755,000
Nortrust Nominees Ltd 3,133,844
Nutraco Nominees Ltd 585,150
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c ESPSBEB 414,000
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c ECC 729,000
RBSTB Nominees Ltd 565,000
State Street Nominee Ltd 312,000
Chase Manhattan Bank 626,100
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/cP 1,788,000
Mineworkers Pension Scheme a/c R 829,000

Sub total 24,210,978

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

Total 54,427,204



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

7 February, 2001


12) Total holding following this notification

54,427,204


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.2%


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 7 February, 2001