Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
21 October 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1) Name of company 

TAYLOR WOODROW plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Barclays Bank 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

Beneficial interest


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

Registered a/c name                            No of shares

Barclays Global Investors Limited                 7,131,811
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                     1,113,294
Barclays Capital Securities Limited                  51,494
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking     546,219
Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited             320,777
Barclays Global Investors N. A.                  14,017,077
Barclays Life Assurance Co. Limited                 542,182
Barclays Bank Trust Co. Limited                       3,060
Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited         596,682
Gerrard Limited                                      13,707


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


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

19 October 2004

11) Date company informed

21 October 2004


12) Total holding following this notification

24,336,303


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.15%

14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

0121 600 8540


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

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 21 October 2004


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