Exhibit 23(a)
                                                               
                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                                
                                
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" 
in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.333-0000) pertaining
to the Toll Brothers, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (1998) and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated December 9, 
1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Toll Brothers, Inc. included in its Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended October 31, 1997, filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 19, 1998