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I won't comment on design, but on pure technicalities the bricks are probably a bad idea. Interior bricks are unlikely to be frost proof, virtually impossible to match and laid on sand areas WILL sink. Also, for an area of 25 metres you will need 1100 bricks at £1 per brick if you're lucky, these should be laid on concrete with a fall of a degree or so to clear water if you want the area to last 5 minutes.
Better, cheaper and easier to lay surfacing materials do exist....
ColinTheBald-
That is why I asked on here, suspected there may be some technical issues and after doing rough calculations I realised that it wouldn't be a cheap option, just because I had 250 bricks already.
If I don't mind it it being 'rustic' is there any way it can be made to work without concrete? If not, what other surface materials would you suggest? We want it to be quite natural and blend in, not stand out as a big mass of shiny stone?
cjr
Thanks. I like the garden as well, just want to clean it up a bit and make it more useable. I didn’t mention but the bit you have drawn on is currently planted and means access to the beds at the top is annoying and people end up walking over it etc. That’s one of the reasons for the bricks going all round the beds.
The plan is actually to have a Japanese acer and some other trees/grasses in pots on the bricks creating a bit of separation. Also moving the apple tree (which I pruned a few weeks ago) from the back left corner to halfway down the right hand side where the border meets the bricks. But I hid those to make sketch up run faster and forgot to turn them back on!
Re the pergola, I know what you mean, the sun is more on the left hand side than the back wall, especially with the shed casting a shadow. That was the reason for having the seating protruding, so you have the feeling/look of structure without overpowering everything.