Thomas Allom was a founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was also a recognised artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Allom's involvement with the Ladbroke estate was mainly as the Charles Blake's architect. But he also designed houses for Richard Roy and Dr Walker and his designs were used by Felix Ladbroke as blue-prints which houses builders were expected to follow. Allom also designed St Peter's Church which was built on Blake's land in 1855-7.
Apart from houses, along well also contributed some of the street layout plan. He designed Stanley Crescent and Stanley Gardens.
He broke with the traditional formal house design favoured by the Georgians and adopted a more and naturalistic approach, with trees and gardens to break-up the formal layout. His terrace designs were noted for adding as bow windows and other projections at the ends of terraces to make them more interesting. His designs mainly used paired houses with a considerable amount of ornamentation in the favoured Victorian fashion. He did not ignore the backs of his houses, where they faced the gardens, which all have interesting facades.
He ceased working for Blake in 1855. He died in 1872 - the same year as Blake.