Holding in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
14 November 2001

Bovis Homes Group PLC ('the Company')

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN VOTING SHARES

The Company received notification today that Zurich Scudder Investments
Limited, on behalf of Zurich Financial Services and its Group, have a
notifiable interest in 4.23% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

The shares are registered as follows:
Registered Owner                                  Ordinary 50p Shares

Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 05576                 3,119,745
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07197                 648,888
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07203                 609,048
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 21667                 294,254
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 05577                 189,454

TOTAL                                             4,861,389


Notes

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc; Zurich Financial Services UK (AD) Pension Scheme; Eagle
Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star
Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star
Securities Ltd;Sceptre Trust Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd;
Zurich Scudder Pension Managers Ltd; and Chase Manhattan Trustees Ltd, the
Trustee for Eagle Star Unit Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle
Investment Funds ICVC.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.



This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Ltd;

Zurich Scudder Investments Ltd, Zurich Scudder Pension Managers Ltd and Zurich
Scudder Investments Holdings Ltd;

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Scudder Investments Inc, ZKI Holding
Corporation, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group Holding,
Zurich Holding Company of America Inc, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied
Zurich plc, the intermediate holding companies of the aforementioned
companies, and Zurich Financial Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.