Richard Michael Townsend Tyler (9 November 1916 – 13 January 2009) was an English architect who was notable for his restoration work on large private houses after the Second World War, which allowed families to own more manageable homes while remaining sympathetic to their original designs.
Although Tyler was unfit for service due to poor eyesight and hearing, he still managed to be accepted and joined the Royal Engineers.
Tyler used gelignite to demolish the Victorian additions to the building to leave a purposeful ruin; while converting outhouses into living quarters on the estate.
A notable joint venture was Hall Barn near Beaconsfield for Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham, in which the architects stripped the house back, removing Victorian additions to revert the building to a state resembling its original form.
Other works by Tyler included reconstruction to Forde Abbey in Dorset, Salisbury Cathedral, Levens Hall in Cumbria and Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.