Basil Pendleton was born in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1882 and was articled to Thomas Muirhead (1855-1921) in Manchester. At the same time he also attended Victoria University of Manchester and Manchester School of Art. After completing his articles with Muirhead, he continued to work for him for a period as an assistant. He commenced practice as an independent architect and surveyor in Manchester in 1905. Pendleton practised as an architect in Manchester until at least 1939. From 1923 to c.1939 he was in partnership with Charles Dickinson as Pendleton & Dickinson. [According to the R.I.B.A. Kalendar 1939-40, they were still in partnership at the time of the outbreak of World War Two]
Pendleton was elected a Member of the Society of Architects in 1910; a Fellow of the Manchester Society of Architect in 1912; and a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1925. Pendleton died in at Cartmel, 52 Mersey Road, Heaton Mersey, Lancashire on 16 March 1952
At Manchester: — Victoria Works, City Road, 1913-14; Victoria Works, Buxton Street, 1910-20; Daisy Works, Longsight, 1919-21; Valpercy Works, 1910-20: works, Grosvenor Street. 1919-20; Wardle Engineering Works, 1920; blocks of shops, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Rushholme and Oxford Road, 1922-25; warehouse, Major Street, 1908; Grange Laundry, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, 1913; business premises, Ardwick, 1911: Dye Works, Leek, 1913-14; Bracegirdle Motor Works, Manchester, 1920-21; Cornbrook Bakery, Cornbrook, Manchester, 1921- 22; Mission Hall, Newton Heath, 1918; Synagogue, Didsbury, 1923-25; Home for Aged and Needy Jews, Manchester, 1923-24; cold storage warehouse, and printing works, Manchester, 1924-25; a large amount of domestic work in Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; additions and alterations to various works, clubs, hotels, shops, houses
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001