Holding in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
2 November 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company TAYLOR WOODROW 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 16,866,055 shares

Chase Nominees Limited 10,367,574 shares, and

Further shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited.
The registration details are as shown in the following schedule:

    REGISTRATION                                                         NUMBER

    British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P                          1,988,000

    BT Globenet Nominees Limited a/c: 6B                              3,929,600

    Chase Manhatten Bank                                                655,600

    Chase Nominees Limited                                            4,959,430

    Chase Nominees Limited FO2391                                     1,057,051

    HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) LTd                              1,500,000

    Mellon Trust                                                        400,000

    Mineworkers Pension Scheme a/c: R                                   929,000

    Morgan Nominees Limited a/c: CCC                                    595,000

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

    Morgan Nominees Ltd 'A' a/c                                          14,205

    Morgan Nominees Ltd 'B' a/c                                         406,665

    MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593                                    137,818

    MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 809797                                    475,333

    MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 831286                                  2,745,702

    MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 846435                                    481,948

    Network Nominees (Six) Limited                                    1,375,000

    Nortrust Nominees Limited                                         2,984,000

    Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c SRC13                                 119,000

    Nutraco Nominees Limited                                            412,950

    Nutraco Nominees Limited a/c GWPPCIF                                588,455

    Nutraco Nominees Limited a/c GWPPMPS                                123,215

    Pictet & Cie                                                        544,260

    RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                  566,833

    RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: AAUKPS                                      229,600

    RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: ESPSBEB                                     414,000

    State Street Nominees Limited                                       212,036

                                                                     28,280,701


Further holding, managed by Schroder Investment Management
North America Inc. and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited:

200,000

Grand Total 55,714,330



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

2 November 2001


12) Total holding following this notification

55,714,330


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.103%

14) Any additional information

No

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 2 November, 2001