Holding in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
12 March 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 26,486,003

Chase Nominees Limited 11,576,658

Registered or to be registered in name of:

            BT Globenet Nominees Limited a/c: 6B          3,875,000 

            Chase Nominees Limited                        7,222,142 

            Chase Nominees Limited FO2391                 2,397,561 

            Deutsche Bank                                 12,400    

            Pictet & Cie                                  544,260   

            Morgan Nominees Ltd 'A' a/c                   21,000    

            Morgan Nominees Ltd 'B' a/c                   622,346   

            MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593              326,775   

            MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 766653              755,000   

            MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 831286              2,058,400 

            MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 809797              299,133   

            Nortrust Nominees Limited                     5,893,884 

            Nutraco Nominees Limited                      585,150   

            RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: ESPSBEB               414,000   

            RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: AAUKPS                147,800   

            RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: ECC                   729,000   

            Schroder Executor & Trustee Co Limited        650,000   

            Morgan Nominees Ltda/c: GRL - Crest ID-AG01   436,000   

            Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c SRC13           119,000   

            Nutraco Nominees Limited a/c GWPPCIF          752,300   

            Nutraco Nominees Limited a/c GWPPMPS          215,000   

            RBSTB Nominees Ltd                            565,000   

            State Street Nominee Limited                  312,000   

            Chase Manhattan Bank                          626,100   

            British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c:P       1,788,000 

            Royal Bank of Scotland                        1,800     

            Network Nominees (Six) Limited                81,700    

            Mineworkers Pension Scheme a/c: R             829,000   

Sub total 32,279,751

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

Further holding, managed by Schroder Investment Management
North America Inc. 200,000

Total 71,060,378



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

12 March 2001


12) Total holding following this notification

71,060,378


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

18.526%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

M.A. Lonnon

01784 428748


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

M.A. Lonnon


Date of notification 12 March 2001