[1] However, the villa had been constructed in a more modest form, and existing farm buildings were retained rather than being replaced by the architect's "trade-mark" wings.

The villa fell into a poor state of repair in the twentieth century but retained some of its original frescoes.

By 1994 the Trust had completed its restoration, converting the property, which includes adjacent farm-buildings not by Palladio, into a holiday home sleeping up to 16 people.

The principal rooms of the villa are open to the public on a limited basis,[3] but the Trust attracted some criticism in the past for not promoting the building as part of the World Heritage Site.

[4] In 2008, the Landmark Trust celebrated the 500th anniversary of Palladio's birth with a new guidebook for the Villa Saraceno in English and Italian and extended opportunities for visiting.