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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 33- 79452) and related Prospectus
of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated for the registration of 1,000,000 shares
of its common stock of our report dated February 4, 1997 (except for the
disclosures with respect to the 1997 Secondary Offering of stock referred to in
Notes 1, 4, and 12, as to which the date is March 10, 1997), with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
December 31, 1996 and the related financial statement schedule included therein,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission




                                             Ernst & Young LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
April 7, 1997