EXHIBIT C


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-109306) on Form S-3 of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the "Company")
of our reports dated July 14, 2004, with respect to the Combined Historical
Summary of Gross Income and Direct Operating Expenses for the year ended
December 31, 2003 for Ascension Detroit Properties and for Baylor Health Care
System Properties, which reports appear in the Form 8-K of the Company dated
July 19, 2004.


/s/ KPMG LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
July 19, 2004