EXHIBIT 24

                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(Form S-8 No. 33-60180) pertaining to the Amended and Restated Stock 
Option Plan (1986), the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-16250) 
pertaining to the Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Plan, the Registration 
Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-60285) pertaining to the Key Executives and
Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (1993), as amended, the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-60289) pertaining to the Stock Option and 
Incentive Stock Plan (1995), and the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 
33-51775) and related Prospectus of Toll Brothers, Inc. of our Report dated 
December 10, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and 
schedule of Toll Brothers, Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) 
for the year ended October 31, 1996.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 6, 1997

                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP