Holding in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
23 October 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company TAYLOR WOODOROW plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE INVESTMENTS

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 above

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

Littledown Nominees Ltd R account
for Phoenix Assurance Public Limited Company 1,278,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd R account
for Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc No. 1 A/c 2,058,664

Littledown Nominees Ltd R account
for Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme (UK Equities) 1,183,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd R account
for Royal & Sun Alliance Life & pensions Limited 6,793,049

Littledown Nominees Ltd R account
for Sun Alliance & London Assurance Company Ltd 3,584,000

Littledown Nominees Ltd R account
for SAL Pension Fund Limited 1,856,000

Royal Heritage Life Assurance Limited 7,972

Total 16,760,685 shares



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

23 October, 2001


12) Total holding following this notification

16,760,685

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.04%


14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

01784 428745


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

Richard Morbey


Date of notification 23 October, 2001